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CVE-2005-3912 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3912
NVD Published Date:
11/30/2005
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE