Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

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.

Affected products

Gentoo/Webmin5 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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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