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Package name webmin
Date May 21st, 2002
Advisory ID MDKSA-2002:033
Affected versions 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, CS1.0
Synopsis Updated webmin packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability

Problem Description

A vulnerability exists in all versions of Webmin prior to 0.970 that
allows a remote attacker to login to Webmin as any user. All users
of Webmin are encouraged to upgrade immediately.

Users of Mandrake Linux 8.0 and earlier will need to install some
additional perl modules for this new version of webmin to work
correctly.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 7.1

 751509e084cc84aaa9776b5fee48aed2  7.1/RPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
c14acc5f5178f31f0445ec5a9c1c7a9a  7.1/RPMS/perl-Net_SSLeay-1.05-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
3264b0bf5cd10c8c819e7107c6ec5a81  7.1/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.3mdk.noarch.rpm
70f94602feaec9c252bc9c006261e645  7.1/SRPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.src.rpm
3fc8732066b178440a022a6f1c3825bc  7.1/SRPMS/perl-Net_SSLeay-1.05-4.1mdk.src.rpm
c9bb4e47d87011f2caf6f39a5f0ae117  7.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 7.2

 c140651528f1ae34cb322766fac3b38f  7.2/RPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
4fe96c1e11c9252e90fda821f4ebf723  7.2/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.3mdk.noarch.rpm
70f94602feaec9c252bc9c006261e645  7.2/SRPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.src.rpm
c9bb4e47d87011f2caf6f39a5f0ae117  7.2/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.0

 5b6b81e88149dda630b98dfdd46fa41c  8.0/RPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
ff4b11004dd145fca4cd1e94ccad6a23  8.0/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.2mdk.noarch.rpm
70f94602feaec9c252bc9c006261e645  8.0/SRPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.src.rpm
56198bf6bf94ed8b4f685c9a41d0a4f9  8.0/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.0/PPC

 0466499e0fe6fe20f3df8201ac4736cb  ppc/8.0/RPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
ff4b11004dd145fca4cd1e94ccad6a23  ppc/8.0/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.2mdk.noarch.rpm
70f94602feaec9c252bc9c006261e645  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.src.rpm
56198bf6bf94ed8b4f685c9a41d0a4f9  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.1

 3cb34d5c4c29fc3e85e464e48bf177ba  8.1/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm
5e57e445ce93f07d461154759fb8fcba  8.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.1/IA64

 3cb34d5c4c29fc3e85e464e48bf177ba  ia64/8.1/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm
5e57e445ce93f07d461154759fb8fcba  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.2

 00b798a4d1d59c53d644809846e9980b  8.2/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm
5e57e445ce93f07d461154759fb8fcba  8.2/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.2/PPC

 00b798a4d1d59c53d644809846e9980b  ppc/8.2/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm
5e57e445ce93f07d461154759fb8fcba  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 1.0.1

 751509e084cc84aaa9776b5fee48aed2  1.0.1/RPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
c14acc5f5178f31f0445ec5a9c1c7a9a  1.0.1/RPMS/perl-Net_SSLeay-1.05-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
3264b0bf5cd10c8c819e7107c6ec5a81  1.0.1/RPMS/webmin-0.970-1.3mdk.noarch.rpm
70f94602feaec9c252bc9c006261e645  1.0.1/SRPMS/perl-Authen-PAM-0.12-1.1mdk.src.rpm
3fc8732066b178440a022a6f1c3825bc  1.0.1/SRPMS/perl-Net_SSLeay-1.05-4.1mdk.src.rpm
c9bb4e47d87011f2caf6f39a5f0ae117  1.0.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.970-1.3mdk.src.rpm

References

http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/12082/0/8595354/

Upgrade

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Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

                rpm --checksig package.rpm
                

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.