FrSIRT - Webmin and Usermin PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Webmin and Usermin PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Title : Webmin and Usermin PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1791
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3042
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-09-20

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability was identified in Webmin and Usermin, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass the authentication mechanism [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1791
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.230.html
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.160.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by JPCERT

ChangeLog

2005-09-20 : Initial release

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