Webmin And Usermin Account Lockout Bypass Vulnerability

BID:10523

Info

Webmin And Usermin Account Lockout Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10523
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0583
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 11 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:16AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Keigo Yamazaki.
Vulnerable: Webmin Webmin 1.140
Webmin Webmin 1.0 70
+ HP Apache-Based Web Server 1.3.27 .01
+ HP Apache-Based Web Server 1.3.27 .01
+ HP Webmin-Based Admin 1.0.1 .01
+ HP Webmin-Based Admin 1.0.1 .01
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
Usermin Usermin 1.0 70
Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.0 mips
Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
Debian Linux 3.0 arm
Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable: Webmin Webmin 1.150
Usermin Usermin 1.0 80

Discussion

Webmin And Usermin Account Lockout Bypass Vulnerability

Webmin and Usermin are affected by an account lockout bypass vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

This issue may be leveraged to carry out brute force authentication attacks against the affected computer; facilitating unauthorized access to the Webmin and Usermin accounts as well as the affected computer. It has been reported that this issue can also be leveraged to prevent users from logging in, although how this occurs is unspecified.

Exploit / POC

Webmin And Usermin Account Lockout Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Webmin And Usermin Account Lockout Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released upgrades dealing with this issue.

Debian GNU/Linux has released advisory DSA 526-1 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2004:074 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Turbolinux has released advisory 20050207 [TURBOLINUX SECURITY INFO] 07/Feb/2005 to address various issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Webmin Webmin 1.0 70

Usermin Usermin 1.0 70

Webmin Webmin 1.140

References

Webmin And Usermin Account Lockout Bypass Vulnerability

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