miniserv.pl in (1) Webmin before 1.070 and (2) Usermin before...

Vulnerability Description

miniserv.pl in (1) Webmin before 1.070 and (2) Usermin before 1.000 does not properly handle metacharacters such as line feeds and carriage returns (CRLF) in Base-64 encoded strings during Basic authentication, which allows remote attackers to spoof a session ID and gain root privileges.

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-319
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/gentoo_advisory-2886.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610336226274&w=2
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-058.shtml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8163
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:025
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q1/0063.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/8115
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006160
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610300325629&w=2
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0008.html
• http://marc.info/?l=webmin-announce&m=104587858408101&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610245624895&w=2
• http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/62_e.html
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030602-01-I
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11390.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6915