The ebuild of Webmin before 1.170-r3 on Gentoo Linux includes the encrypted root password in the miniserv.users file when building a tbz2 of the webmin package, which allows remote attackers to obtain and possibly crack the encrypted password.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731 | Vendor Advisory | 
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml | Patch Vendor Advisory | 
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315 | |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77731 | Vendor Advisory | 
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-12.xml | Patch Vendor Advisory | 
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19315 | 
Configurations
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Information
                Published : 2005-05-02 04:00
Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03
NVD link : CVE-2005-0427
Mitre link : CVE-2005-0427
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-0427
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Products Affected
                gentoo
- webmin
CWE
                