Usermin Change User Details Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:18574

CVE-2006-4246 |

Info

Usermin Change User Details Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 18574
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2006-4246
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 21 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 15 2006 08:47PM
Credit: Hendrik Weimer is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Usermin Usermin 1.0 90
Usermin Usermin 1.0 80
Usermin Usermin 1.0 70
Usermin Usermin 1.0 60
Usermin Usermin 1.0 51
Usermin Usermin 1.0 40
Usermin Usermin 1.0 30
Usermin Usermin 1.0 20
Usermin Usermin 1.0 10
Usermin Usermin 1.0 00
Usermin Usermin 0.990
Usermin Usermin 0.980
Usermin Usermin 0.970
Usermin Usermin 0.960
Usermin Usermin 0.950
Usermin Usermin 0.940
Usermin Usermin 0.930
Usermin Usermin 0.920
Usermin Usermin 0.910
Usermin Usermin 0.90
Usermin Usermin 0.80
Usermin Usermin 0.7
Usermin Usermin 1.110
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: Usermin Usermin 1.220
Usermin Usermin 1.110-3.1

Discussion

Usermin Change User Details Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Usermin is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error in the application when setting the user's shell.

An attacker can exploit this issue to change the shell of the superuser account, effectively denying service.

Versions prior to 1.110-3.1 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Usermin Change User Details Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, attackers use the vulnerable application itself.

Solution / Fix

Usermin Change User Details Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
An advisory has been released to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

References

Usermin Change User Details Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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