CVE-1999-1074

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Webmin before 0.5 does not restrict the number of invalid passwords that are entered for a valid username, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via brute force password cracking.

Webmin before 0.5 does not restrict the number of invalid passwords that are entered for a valid username, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via brute force password cracking.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Webmin

First reported 25 years ago

1999-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:36:00

Affected Software

Webmin 0.1

0.1

Webmin 0.2

0.2

Webmin 0.3

0.3

Webmin 0.4

0.4

Webmin 0.21

0.21

Webmin 0.22

0.22

Webmin 0.31

0.31

Webmin 0.41

0.41

Webmin 0.42

0.42

References

19980501 Warning! Webmin Security Advisory

Patch, Vendor Advisory

98

http://www.webmin.com/webmin/changes.html

Vendor Advisory

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