CVE-2005-0427

Gentoo Webmin - Unauthenticated Encrypted Root Password Exposure via Miniserv.users File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315

Scores

EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 56.1%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
gentoo/webmin 1.140
gentoo/webmin 1.150
gentoo/webmin 1.160
gentoo/webmin 1.170 r1 (2 CPE variants)
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026