CVE-2005-0427

Published: May 2, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Gentoo: Webmin

Gentoo

1 product

Webmin

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gentoo Webmin	Version 1.140
Gentoo Webmin	Version 1.150
Gentoo Webmin	Version 1.160
Gentoo Webmin	Version 1.170 r1
Gentoo Webmin	Version 1.170 r2

References (6)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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