Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3912
CVE-2005-3912
Description
Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username parameter to the login form, which is ultimately used in a syslog call. NOTE: the code execution might be associated with an issue in Perl.
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References
17- lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17749nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17817nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17878nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17942nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18101nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22556nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.webmin.com/security.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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