Package : webmin Vulnerability : several Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0582 CAN-2004-0583
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in webmin:
CAN-2004-0582: Unknown vulnerability in Webmin 1.140 allows remote attackers to bypass access control rules and gain read access to configuration information for a module.
CAN-2004-0583: The account lockout functionality in (1) Webmin 1.140 and (2) Usermin 1.070 does not parse certain character strings, which allows remote attackers to conduct a brute force attack to guess user IDs and passwords.
For the current stable distribution (woody), these problems have been fixed in version 0.94-7woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.150-1.
We recommend that you update your webmin package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------