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Debian DSA-682-1 : awstats - missing input sanitizing

high Nessus Plugin ID 16464

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

In addition to CAN-2005-0116 more vulnerabilities have been found in awstats, a powerful and featureful web server log analyzer with a CGI frontend. Missing input sanitising can cause arbitrary commands to be executed.

Solution

Upgrade the awstats package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0-0.woody.2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=294488

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-682

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16464

File Name: debian_DSA-682.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:awstats, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0362, CVE-2005-0363, CVE-2005-0435, CVE-2005-0436, CVE-2005-0437, CVE-2005-0438

DSA: 682