Debian DSA-526-1 : webmin - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15363

Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in webmin :

CAN-2004-0582: Unknown vulnerability in Webmin 1.140 allows remote attackers to bypass access control rules and gain read access to configuration information for a module.

CAN-2004-0583: The account lockout functionality in (1) Webmin 1.140 and (2) Usermin 1.070 does not parse certain character strings, which allows remote attackers to conduct a brute-force attack to guess user IDs and passwords.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), these problems have been fixed in version 0.94-7woody2.

We recommend that you update your webmin package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-526

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15363

File Name: debian_DSA-526.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0582, CVE-2004-0583

BID: 10474

DSA: 526