From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Jun 30 2006 - 03:17:05 CDT

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TITLE:
Webmin / Usermin Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20892

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20892/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Webmin 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/1115/
Usermin 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3586/

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.

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