CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3912

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the Perl web server miniserv.pl 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.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote server crash, memory exhaustion, and under favorable conditions, remote code execution, which could lead to system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade Webmin to version 1.250 or later and Usermin to version 1.180 or later. If upgrading is not possible, disable syslog logging in the server configuration.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS