Gentoo: webmin Unauthorized access vulnerability
Due to a remotely exploitable security hole being discovered thateffects all previous Webmin releases, version 1.070 is now availablefor download
Summary
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200302-12
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FIXED VERSION : 1.070
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From announcement:
"Due to a remotely exploitable security hole being discovered that
effects all previous Webmin releases, version 1.070 is now available
for download from Webmin and mirror sites. This
problem was reported by Cintia M. Imanishi, but fortunately there
have been no known malicious exploits of it yet. However, all usersshould upgrade to 1.070 as soon as possible."
Read the full announcement at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=webmin-announce&m=104587858408101&w=2
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-admin/webmin upgrade to webmin-1.070 as follows:
emerge sync
emerge -u webmin
emerge clean
...Read the Full Advisory
Resolution
References
Availability
Concerns
Severity
PACKAGE : webmin
SUMMARY : unauthorized access
DATE : 2003-02-22 18:48 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <=1.060
