PT-2004-3496 · Awstats · Awstats

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña · Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-2605

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions aStats version 1.6.5

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain files, including the aStats-Graphic-Signature-Generation file and specific PNG image files.

Recommendations For version 1.6.5, consider restricting access to the affected files to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the aStats-Graphic-Signature-Generation file and certain PNG image files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2605

Affected Products

Awstats

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2605 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13679 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/12632 · Note
• http://shellcode.org/pipermail/debian-audit/2004-December/000078.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/12128 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18698 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287604 · Note