Detections
Analytics

GLSA-200502-12 : Webmin: Information leak in Gentoo binary package

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16449

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-12 (Webmin: Information leak in Gentoo binary package)

 Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that the Webmin ebuild contains a design flaw. It imports the encrypted local root password into the miniserv.users file before building binary packages that include this file.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could retrieve Portage-built Webmin binary packages and recover the encrypted root password from the build host.
 Workaround :

 Users who never built or shared a Webmin binary package are unaffected by this.

Solution

Webmin users should delete any old shared Webmin binary package as soon as possible. They should also consider their buildhost root password potentially exposed and follow proper audit procedures.
 If you plan to build binary packages, you should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/webmin-1.170-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16449

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-12.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:webmin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0427

GLSA: 200502-12