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GLSA-200608-11 : Webmin, Usermin: File Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22169

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-11 (Webmin, Usermin: File Disclosure)

 A vulnerability in both Webmin and Usermin has been discovered by Kenny Chen, wherein simplify_path is called before the HTML is decoded.
 Impact :

 A non-authenticated user can read any file on the server using a specially crafted URL.
 Workaround :

 For a temporary workaround, IP Access Control can be setup on Webmin and Usermin.

Solution

All Webmin users should update to the latest stable version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot '>=app-admin/webmin-1.290' All Usermin users should update to the latest stable version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot '>=app-admin/usermin-1.220'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22169

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-11.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/7/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:usermin, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:webmin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3392

GLSA: 200608-11