Re: CVE Request: Webmin & Usermin - Read Mail Module Vulnerability

[cve-assign () mitre org]

> I need to request 2 CVE's; one for Usermin and one for Webmin.
>
> Both of them are vulnerable to a hardlink arbitrary file access within the 
> Read Mail Module. The end result is the ability to open any file on the 
> server, including root owned files, which could lead to a privilege 
> escalation.
>
> Reference: http://www.webmin.com/index.html
>
> "January 1: Webmin 1.730 and Usermin 1.640 released - This update includes 
> security fixes to produce against malicious links in the Read Mail module..."
>
> Thanks!

Only one identifier is needed.  Use CVE-2015-1377.

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