Description
The ebuild of Webmin before 1.170-r3 on Gentoo Linux includes the encrypted root password in the miniserv.users file when building a tbz2 of the webmin package, which allows remote attackers to obtain and possibly crack the encrypted password.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315
Timeline
- Published
- May 2, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified