SB2018010309 - Path traversal in Debian Linux
Published: January 3, 2018 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010309
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000501)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.awstats.org/
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092