The ebuild of Webmin before 1.170-r3 on Gentoo Linux includes the encrypted root password in the miniserv.users file when building a tbz2 of the webmin package, which allows remote attackers to obtain and possibly crack the encrypted password.
References
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731 | Vendor Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315 |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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Information
Published : 2005-05-01 21:00
Updated : 2017-07-10 18:32
NVD link : CVE-2005-0427
Mitre link : CVE-2005-0427
JSON object : View
CWE
Products Affected
gentoo
- webmin