CVE-2005-3912

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3912
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-30 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username parameter to the login form, which is ultimately used in a syslog call. NOTE: the code execution might be associated with an issue in Perl.

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 Webmin Webmin All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for webmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Usermin "miniserv.pl" Perl Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for webmin - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Webmin, Usermin: Format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Changes since Webmin version 1.240 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.webmin.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1199-1 webmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[Dailydave] Webmin miniserv.pl format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.immunitysec.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
404: Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dyadsecurity.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Webmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.webmin.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for webmin/usermin - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Webmin "miniserv.pl" Perl Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changes since Usermin version 1.170 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.webmin.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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