miniserv.pl in (1) Webmin before 1.070 and (2) Usermin before 1.000 does not properly handle metacharacters such as line feeds and carriage returns (CRLF) in Base-64 encoded strings during Basic authentication, which allows remote attackers to spoof a session ID and gain root privileges.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian_digital_webtool | Engardelinux | 1.2 (including) | 1.2 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.4 (including) | 0.4 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.5 (including) | 0.5 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.6 (including) | 0.6 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.7 (including) | 0.7 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.8 (including) | 0.8 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.9 (including) | 0.9 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.91 (including) | 0.91 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.92 (including) | 0.92 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.93 (including) | 0.93 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.94 (including) | 0.94 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.95 (including) | 0.95 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.96 (including) | 0.96 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.97 (including) | 0.97 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.98 (including) | 0.98 (including) |
| Usermin | Usermin | 0.99 (including) | 0.99 (including) |
| Webmin | Webmin | 1.0.50 (including) | 1.0.50 (including) |
| Webmin | Webmin | 1.0.60 (including) | 1.0.60 (including) |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030602-01-I
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q1/0063.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0008.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=104610245624895\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=104610300325629\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=104610336226274\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=webmin-announce\u0026m=104587858408101\u0026w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8115
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8163
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-058.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-319
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11390.php
- http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/62_e.html
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/gentoo_advisory-2886.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:025
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6915
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006160
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030602-01-I
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q1/0063.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0008.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=104610245624895\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=104610300325629\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=104610336226274\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=webmin-announce\u0026m=104587858408101\u0026w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8115
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8163
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-058.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-319
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11390.php
- http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/62_e.html
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/gentoo_advisory-2886.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:025
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6915
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006160