1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4953-1

USN-4953-1: AWStats vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 May 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in AWStats.

Releases

Packages

  • awstats - powerful and featureful web server log analyzer

Details

Sean Boran discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-29600)

It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information. (CVE-2020-35176)

Sean Boran discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-29600)

It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information. (CVE-2020-35176)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.10 groovy awstats –  7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.10.1
20.04 focal awstats –  7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic awstats –  7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 xenial awstats –  7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4+esm1  

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