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Debian DSA-1199-1 : webmin - multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 22908
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been identified in webmin, a web-based administration toolkit. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :- CVE-2005-3912 A format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the application or exhausting system resources, and could potentially allow arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2006-3392 Improper input sanitization in miniserv.pl could allow an attacker to read arbitrary files on the webmin host by providing a specially crafted URL path to the miniserv http server.
- CVE-2006-4542 Improper handling of null characters in URLs in miniserv.pl could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, read CGI program source code, list local directories, and potentially execute arbitrary code.
Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Solution
Upgrade the webmin (1.180-3sarge1) package.For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 1.180-3sarge1.
Webmin is not included in unstable (sid) or testing (etch), so these problems are not present.
See Also
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341394
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=381537
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391284
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3912
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3392
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 22908
File Name: debian_DSA-1199.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 10/25/2006
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1
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: 10/23/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2005
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-3912, CVE-2006-3392, CVE-2006-4542
DSA: 1199