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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-17.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-17.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7d98617c --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-17.xml @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200509-17"> + <title>Webmin, Usermin: Remote code execution through PAM authentication</title> + <synopsis> + If Webmin or Usermin is configured to use full PAM conversations, it is + vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Webmin Usermin</product> + <announced>September 24, 2005</announced> + <revised>September 24, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>106705</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-admin/webmin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.230</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.230</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="app-admin/usermin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.160</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.160</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Webmin and Usermin are web-based system administration consoles. + Webmin allows an administrator to easily configure servers and other + features. Usermin allows users to configure their own accounts, execute + commands, and read e-mails. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Keigo Yamazaki discovered that the miniserv.pl webserver, used in + both Webmin and Usermin, does not properly validate authentication + credentials before sending them to the PAM (Pluggable Authentication + Modules) authentication process. The default configuration shipped with + Gentoo does not enable the "full PAM conversations" option and is + therefore unaffected by this flaw. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote attacker could bypass the authentication process and run + any command as the root user on the target server. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not enable "full PAM conversations" in the Authentication + options of Webmin and Usermin. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Webmin users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/webmin-1.230"</code> + <p> + All Usermin users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/usermin-1.160"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-3042">CAN-2005-3042</uri> + <uri link="http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/83_e.html">Original Advisory</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:50:05 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:50:25 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |