69605 : AWStats Crafted LoadPlugin Directory Traversal Unspecified Issue
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Disclosure Date
2010-08-18

Description

AWStats contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to traverse outside of a restricted path. The issue is due to the program not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (e.g., ../../) supplied via a maliciously crafted LoadPlugin directory. This directory traversal attack would allow the attacker to have an unspecified impact.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Impact Unknown
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

AWStats

6.95

References

CVE ID: 2010-4369 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 43004
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-January/001233.html

Credit

Chris Larsen

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-12-03 | Disagree?

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