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Package name webmin
Date December 2nd, 2005
Advisory ID MDKSA-2005:223
Affected versions 10.1, CS2.1, CS3.0, 10.2, 2006.0

Problem Description

Jack Louis discovered a format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl
Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180,
with syslog logging enabled. This can allow remote attackers to cause
a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute
arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username parameter
to the login form, which is ultimately used in a syslog call.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 10.1

 1c75e57f72de9b9eb187d18de15d9a0b  10.1/RPMS/webmin-1.150-3.2.101mdk.noarch.rpm
 fb3f30131577c5e7e799ee58264055aa  10.1/SRPMS/webmin-1.150-3.2.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64

 39782b6c2fe898596023ad384cd2d5ce  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/webmin-1.150-3.2.101mdk.noarch.rpm
 fb3f30131577c5e7e799ee58264055aa  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/webmin-1.150-3.2.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1

 303bd86b1156ea7ff6d08654fe824707  corporate/2.1/RPMS/webmin-0.990-6.6.C21mdk.noarch.rpm
 0141850dc79c0ef041bd077264213dc9  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.990-6.6.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64

 8bb1b1dd0afea4178626fd6d8470b730  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/webmin-0.990-6.6.C21mdk.noarch.rpm
 0141850dc79c0ef041bd077264213dc9  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.990-6.6.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0

 5826c5c5fea5793c594d4fa46cae6338  corporate/3.0/RPMS/webmin-1.121-4.5.C30mdk.noarch.rpm
 d38cdd7a15e0340ca4e5aa95e8a5b5ec  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/webmin-1.121-4.5.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0/X86_64

 abd80f852fa1c5628da3613623a1f1c1  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/webmin-1.121-4.5.C30mdk.noarch.rpm
 d38cdd7a15e0340ca4e5aa95e8a5b5ec  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/webmin-1.121-4.5.C30mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005

 5ff784b1c60b7cc2fbc39487c22b6b78  10.2/RPMS/webmin-1.180-1.2.102mdk.noarch.rpm
 060c31856652e82003997150f9403021  10.2/SRPMS/webmin-1.180-1.2.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005/X86_64

 a268a1aa09cf68c7727aa7f0f479c8ac  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/webmin-1.180-1.2.102mdk.noarch.rpm
 060c31856652e82003997150f9403021  x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/webmin-1.180-1.2.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006

 25b784d8c69c42f5f816272f47528156  2006.0/RPMS/webmin-1.220-9.2.20060mdk.noarch.rpm
 64772a0268b55e2d2650f4c43f4fe0b2  2006.0/SRPMS/webmin-1.220-9.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64

 bab0f651f140671b4bb01f65b9799de9  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/webmin-1.220-9.2.20060mdk.noarch.rpm
 64772a0268b55e2d2650f4c43f4fe0b2  x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/webmin-1.220-9.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-3912

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