Debian DSA-319-1 : webmin - session ID spoofing

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15156

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

miniserv.pl in the webmin package does not properly handle metacharacters, such as line feeds and carriage returns, in Base64-encoded strings used in Basic authentication. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to spoof a session ID, and thereby gain root privileges.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.94-7woody1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a webmin package.

We recommend that you update your webmin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15156

File Name: debian_DSA-319.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0101

BID: 6915

DSA: 319

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