CVE-2005-3042

Description

miniserv.pl in Webmin before 1.230 and Usermin before 1.160, when "full PAM conversations" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by spoofing session IDs via certain metacharacters (line feed or carriage return).

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.20% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory co.jp

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16858	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282	third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-17.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/19575	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/17	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14889	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1791	vdb entry
http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/83_e.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:176	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-09/0257.html	mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.230.html	patch
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2340940493/index.html	third party advisory
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.160.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3042?: CVE-2005-3042 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3042?: To fix CVE-2005-3042, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3042 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3042 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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