Vulnerability · Published Dec 7, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-29600
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the awstats package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 9.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | awstats | 7.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29600 |
| Debian:13 | awstats | 7.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29600 |
| Debian:14 | awstats | 7.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29600 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201223 [SECURITY] [DLA 2506-1] awstats security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- FEDORA-2020-d1aa0e030c vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA