VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-3912
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability14.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-11-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory