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CVE-2005-3912 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17749	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17817	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17878	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17942	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18101	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22556	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.webmin.com/security.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17749	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17817	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17878	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17942	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18101	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22556	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.webmin.com/security.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 34 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
webmin webmin	>= 1.100, < 1.180 >= 1.200, < 1.250
CPE cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	3.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 3, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 30, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]