CVE-2005-3912
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.145 · 97 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (4)
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references (34)
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- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17749enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17817enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17878enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17942enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18101enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22556enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199enisa_euvd
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