Vulnerability in Webmin

CVE-1999-1074

Webmin before 0.5 does not restrict the number of invalid passwords that are entered for a valid username, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via brute force password cracking.

EPSS: 0.016 (72.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Webmin — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)