7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2005-3912

Published: 30/11/2005 Updated: 03/04/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin prior to 1.250 and Usermin prior to 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows remote malicious users 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 Trend

Vulnerable Product Search on Vulmon Subscribe to Product

webmin webmin

debian debian linux 3.1

Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been identified in webmin, a web-based administration toolkit The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-3912 A format string vulnerability in miniservpl could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the application or exhausting system re ...