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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T23:31:48.669Z
Reserved: 2005-11-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-3912

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-11-30T11:03:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-3912

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