GLSA 200406-12: Webmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Webmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/16/2004
Bugs:	#53375
ID:	200406-12

Synopsis

Webmin contains two security vulnerabilities which could lead to a Denial of Service attack and information disclosure.

Background

Webmin is a web-based administration tool for Unix. It supports a wide range of applications including Apache, DNS, file sharing and others.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/webmin	<= 1.140-r1	>= 1.150	All supported architectures

Description

Webmin contains two security vulnerabilities. One allows any user to view the configuration of any module and the other could allow an attacker to lock out a valid user by sending an invalid username and password.

Impact

An authenticated user could use these vulnerabilities to view the configuration of any module thus potentially obtaining important knowledge about configuration settings. Furthermore an attacker could lock out legitimate users by sending invalid login information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Webmin users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=app-admin/app-admin/webmin-1.150"
    # emerge ">=app-admin/app-admin/webmin-1.150"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-12.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.