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Webmin / Usermin Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20892  
Release Date: 2006-06-30
Last Update: 2006-07-11

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Usermin 1.x
Webmin 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-3392 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Webmin and Usermin, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the handling of an URL. This can be exploited to read the contents of any files on the server via a specially crafted URL, without requiring a valid login.

The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* Webmin versions prior to 1.290.
* Usermin versions prior to 1.220.

Solution:
Update to the fixed versions.

Webmin:
Update to version 1.290.
http://www.webmin.com/

Usermin:
Update to version 1.220.
http://www.webmin.com/index6.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Kenny Chen.

Changelog:
2006-07-10: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2006-07-11: Added CVE reference.

Other References:
US-CERT VU#999601:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999601



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