CVE-2005-0427

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Published Feb 15, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0428	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.204% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gentoo Webmin

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:13 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 15, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:13 PM
Reserved: Feb 15, 2005, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:11 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 2, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:11 PM

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