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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200608-11 ] Webmin, Usermin: File Disclosure
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:39:45
Message-Id: 200608062209.51999.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-11
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Webmin, Usermin: File Disclosure
9 Date: August 06, 2006
10 Bugs: #138552
11 ID: 200608-11
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15 Synopsis
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18 Webmin and Usermin are vulnerable to an arbitrary file disclosure
19 through a specially crafted URL.
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21 Background
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24 Webmin is a web-based interface for Unix-like systems. Usermin is a
25 simplified version of Webmin designed for use by normal users rather
26 than system administrators.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 app-admin/webmin < 1.290 >= 1.290
35 2 app-admin/usermin < 1.220 >= 1.220
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37 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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40 Description
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43 A vulnerability in both Webmin and Usermin has been discovered by Kenny
44 Chen, wherein simplify_path is called before the HTML is decoded.
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46 Impact
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49 A non-authenticated user can read any file on the server using a
50 specially crafted URL.
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52 Workaround
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55 For a temporary workaround, IP Access Control can be setup on Webmin
56 and Usermin.
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58 Resolution
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61 All Webmin users should update to the latest stable version:
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63 # emerge --sync
64 # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot ">=app-admin/webmin-1.290"
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66 All Usermin users should update to the latest stable version:
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68 # emerge --sync
69 # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot ">=app-admin/usermin-1.220"
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71 References
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74 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-3392
75 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3392
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77 Availability
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80 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
81 the Gentoo Security Website:
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83 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-11.xml
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85 Concerns?
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88 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
89 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
90 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
91 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
92 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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94 License
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97 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
98 belongs to its owner(s).
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100 The contents of this document are licensed under the
101 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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103 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5