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CVE-2005-3912

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2006-02-15	perl, webmin, usermin -- perl format string integer wrap vulnerability

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CVE-2005-3912 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2005-3912
Phase	Assigned(20051130)

Description

Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows 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. NOTE: the code execution might be associated with an issue in Perl.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20051129 Webmin miniserv.pl format string vulnerability
MLIST	[Dailydave] 20051129 Webmin miniserv.pl format string vulnerability
MISC	http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html
CONFIRM	http://www.webmin.com/security.html
CONFIRM	http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html
CONFIRM	http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html
DEBIAN	DSA-1199
GENTOO	GLSA-200512-02
MANDRIVA	MDKSA-2005:223
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2005:030
VUPEN	ADV-2005-2660
SECUNIA	17749
SECUNIA	17817
SECUNIA	17878
SECUNIA	18101
SECUNIA	17942
SECUNIA	22556