CVE-2005-3042

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3042
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-22 10:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionminiserv.pl in Webmin before 1.230 and Usermin before 1.160, when "full PAM conversations" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by spoofing session IDs via certain metacharacters (line feed or carriage return).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Usermin Usermin 1.150 All All All
Application Webmin Webmin 1.2.20 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changes since Webmin version 1.220 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.webmin.com Patch
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - #0257 - [SNS Advisory No.83] Webmin/Usermin PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmin/Usermin PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Changes since Usermin version 1.150 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.webmin.com
Secunia - Advisories - Webmin / Usermin PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Webmin, Usermin: Remote code execution through PAM authentication af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
JVN#40940493: Webmin および Usermin における認証回避の脆弱性 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp
www.osvdb.org/19575 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
セキュリティ対策のラック|情報を守るセキュリティ対策のパイオニア af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.lac.co.jp Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmin / Usermin Remote PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
JVN:JVN#40940493 MITRE jvn.jp
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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