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Vulnerabilities in Webmin Usermin (CIAC N-058)

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                             INFORMATION BULLETIN

                       Vulnerabilities in Webmin/Usermin
                                [HPSBUX0303-250]

March 18, 2003 21:00 GMT                                          Number N-058
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PROBLEM:       miniserv.pl in (1) Webmin before 1.070 and (2) Usermin before 
               1.000 does not properly handle metacharacters such as line 
               feeds and carriage returns (CRLF) in Base-64 encoded strings 
               during Basic authentication. 
PLATFORM:      HP9000 Servers running HP-UX release 11.00, 11.11, 11.20, and 
                 11.22 
               hp apache-based web server, 1.3.27.00 or earlier 
               hp apache-based web server, 2.0.43.00 or earlier 
               hp-ux webmin-based admin, v.1.0.00.01 or earlier 
DAMAGE:        Remote attackers could potentially spoof a session ID and 
               potentially gain root privileges. 
SOLUTION:      Install product bundles or apply workarounds. 
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VULNERABILITY  The risk is HIGH. Remote access to the web administrator 
ASSESSMENT:    program could act as a pipeline to the server for an attacker. 
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Document ID:  HPSBUX0303-250
Date Loaded:  20030317
      Title:  SSRT3523 Sec. Vulnerability in Webmin/Usermin


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Source: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0303-250
Originally issued: 17 March 2003
SSRT3523 Sec. Vulnerabilities in Webmin/Usermin
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The information in the following Security Bulletin should be
acted upon as soon as possible.  Hewlett-Packard Company will
not be liable for any consequences to any customer resulting
from customer's failure to fully implement instructions in this
Security Bulletin as soon as possible.


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PROBLEM: Potential vulnerability regarding miniserv.pl in
           (1) Webmin before 1.070, and
           (2) Usermin before 1.000 does not properly handle
         metacharacters such as line feeds and carriage returns
         (CRLF) in Base-64 encoded strings during Basic
         authentication, which allows remote attackers to
         potentially spoof a session ID and potentially gain root
         privileges.


   Note: Usermin is currently not shipped in any of the products
         mentioned below.


   More details are available at:
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0101>


IMPACT:  Potential to increase privileges from remote.


PLATFORM: HP9000 Servers running HP-UX release 11.00, 11.11,
          11.20, and 11.22 with versions of the following products
          are affected, and represented as:
               product-name, version (product-tag/bundle-tag)


        - hp apache-based web server, 1.3.27.00 or earlier
          (ApacheStrong/B9415AA)
          This product includes Webmin 0.980.


        - hp apache-based web server, 2.0.43.00 or earlier
          (HPApache/B9416AA, HPApache/B9416BA)
          This product includes Webmin 0.980.


        - hp-ux webmin-based admin, v.1.0.00.01 or earlier
          (hpuxwsWEBMIN/hpuxwsWebmin)
          This product includes Webmin 1.020


SOLUTION: For HP-UX releases 11.00, 11.11, 11.20 and 11.22
          download new HP Apache product from
          <http://www.software.hp.com/>:


          For ApacheStrong/B9415AA download the following:
          - hp apache-based web server, 1.3.27.01
            (ApacheStrong/B9415AA)
            This product includes Webmin 1.070.
     <http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/
         cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B9415AA132701>


          For HPApache/B9416AA, HPApache/B9416BA and
              hpuxwsWEBMIN/hpuxwsWebmin download the following:
          - hp-ux webmin-based admin, v.1.0.01.01 or later
            (hpuxwsWebmin/hpuxwsWebmin)
            This product includes Webmin 1.070.
     <http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/
         cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=HPUXWSSUITE>


   NOTE: No IPv6 solution is available at this time.
         This Security Bulletin will be updated when such
         becomes available.


MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - Update
                Install the product containing the fix.
                For customers with HPApache/B9416AA or
                HPApache/B9416BA installed, the fix requires
                migration to hpuxwsWEBMIN/hpuxwsWebmin and
                removing the affected products from the system.


AVAILABILITY: Complete product bundles are available now on
              <http://www.software.hp.com/>


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A. Background
   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
   <http://cve.mitre.org/> has identified multiple potential
   vulnerabilities in the Webmin GUI Administration tool
   (CAN-2003-0101).  It affects the following HP product
   numbers/versions on HP-UX releases 11.00, 11.11, 11.20
   and 11.22::


   - hp apache-based web server, 1.3.27.00 or earlier
     (ApacheStrong/B9415AA)


   - hp apache-based web server, 2.0.43.00 or earlier
     (HPApache/B9416AA, HPApache/B9416BA)


   - hp-ux webmin-based admin, v.1.0.00.01 or earlier
     (hpuxwsWEBMIN/hpuxwsWebmin)


B. Recommended solution
   The Webmin Group has released Webmin 1.070 as the best known
   version that fixes the problems identified in the above
   mentioned issues.


   For customers using ApacheStrong/B9415AA, HP has incorporated
   Webmin 1.070 in the following products:
    - B9415AA:       hp apache-based web server 1.3.27.01
        This product includes Webmin 1.070.


   For customers using HPApache/B9416AA, HPApache/B9416BA and
   hpuxwsWEBMIN/hpuxwsWebmin, HP has incorporated Webmin 1.070
   in the following products:
    - hpuxwsWebmin:  hp-ux webmin-based admin v.1.0.01.01 or
      later;
        This product includes Webmin 1.070.


  NOTE: No IPv6 solution is available at this time.  This Security
        Bulletin will be updated when such becomes available.


   Check for Webmin Installation
   -----------------------------
   To determine if the Webmin GUI Administration Tool from HP
   is installed on your system, use Software Distributor's swlist
   command. Since Webmin is not visible at the "product" level
   for products prior to hpuxwsWEBMIN, search for Apache as well.
   All versions of products may co-exist on a single system.


   For example, the results of the commands:
   swlist -l product | grep -i webmin
     hpuxwsWEBMIN          A.1.0.00.01    HP-UX Webmin-based Admin


   swlist -l product | grep -i apache


     ApacheStrong  1.3.19.21     HP Apache-based Web Server
                                   with Strong (128bit) Encryption
     HPApache      2.0.39.01.02  HP Apache-based Web Server


   In the above examples, all of these need to be updated.


   Stop Webmin
   -----------------------------
   Before updating, make sure to stop any previous Webmin binary.
   Otherwise, the previous binary will continue running,
   preventing the new one from starting, although the installation
   would be successful.


   After determining which Webmin is installed, stop Webmin with
   the following commands:


     for ApacheStrong:   /opt/apache/webmin/webmin-init stop
     for HPApache:       /opt/hpapache2/webmin/webmin-init stop
     for hpuxwsWEBMIN:   /opt/hpws/webmin/webmin-init stop


   Since Webmin is bundled with Apache for products prior to
   hpuxwsWEBMIN, Apache also needs to be stopped.


     for ApacheStrong:    /opt/apache/bin/apachectl stop
     for HPApache:        /opt/hpapache2/bin/apachectl stop


   Download and Install Webmin/Apache
   -----------------------------
   - Download Webmin/Apache from Software Depot using the
     previously mentioned links.
   - Verify successful download by comparing the cksum with the
     value specified on the installation web page.
   - Use SD to swinstall the depot.
   - For customers with HPApache/B9416AA or HPApache/B9416BA
     installed, migrate to hpuxwsWEBMIN/hpuxwsWebmin and
     remove the affected products from the system.


   Installation of this new version of HP Apache over an existing
   HP Apache installation is supported, while installation over a
   non-HP Apache is NOT supported.


   Removing Webmin Installation
   ----------------------------
   If you rather remove Webmin from your system than install a
   newer version to resolve the security problem, use both
   Software Distributor's "swremove" command and also "rm -rf" the
   home location as specified in the rc.config.d file "HOME"
   variables.


   To find the files containing HOME variables in the
   /etc/rc.config.d directory:


   For ApacheStrong/B9415AA, HPApache/B9416AA, and
   HPApache/B9416BA when removing Webmin, you will also remove
   Apache.
     %ls /etc/rc.config.d | grep apache
        apacheconf
        hpapache2conf


     NOTE: For HP Apache 1.3.x, you must manually remove the
           Apache directory in addition to the Tomcat directory.
           Apache is under directory "/opt/apache" for
           HP Apache 1.3.x.


   For hpuxwsWebmin/hpuxwsWebmin:
     %ls /etc/rc.config.d | grep webmin
        hpws_webminconf



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