Fedora 10 : awstats-6.95-1.fc10 (2009-12444)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42941

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix security in awredir.pl script by adding a security key required by default. - Enhance security of parameter sanitizing function.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected awstats package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3fc4c459

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42941

File Name: fedora_2009-12444.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/1/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:awstats, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2009

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2009-12444