Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-1047-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51668

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that AWStats did not correctly filter the LoadPlugin configuration option. A local attacker on a shared system could use this to inject arbitrary code into AWStats.

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Solution

Update the affected awstats package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1047-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51668

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1047-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:awstats, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4369

BID: 45210

USN: 1047-1