CVE-2005-0427 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-02-15

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.140:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.150:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.160:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:r1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:r2::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0428	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02204.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Webmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.183Z

Reserved: 2005-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0427

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:11:05.263

Link: CVE-2005-0427

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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