CVE-2005-3912
Webmin Miniserv Perl Format String Vulnerability
Description
Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username parameter to the login form, which is ultimately used in a syslog call. NOTE: the code execution might be associated with an issue in Perl.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 30, 2005, 11:03 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 3, 2019, 4:24 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2005-3912.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2005-3912 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2005-3912 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17817 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.webmin.com/security.html No Types Assigned http://www.webmin.com/security.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html No Types Assigned http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/17749 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/17942 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/17878 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html Patch, Vendor Advisory http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/18101 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/22556 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html No Types Assigned http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html Vendor Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1.60 *cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.2.40 OR *cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.100 up to (excluding) 1.180 *cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.200 up to (excluding) 1.250 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 19, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 30, 2005
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-3912 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-3912
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.98 }} 0.00%
score
0.90666
percentile