Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0427
CVE-2005-0427
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.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.170-r3
Patches
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References
3- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315nvd
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