PT-2005-1438 · Awstats · Awstats

Celso Gonzalez · Published 2005-02-16 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0363

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AWStats versions 4.0 through 6.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the config parameter. This can be exploited by sending malicious input to the affected software.

Recommendations For AWStats versions 4.0 through 6.2, consider restricting access to the config parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the config parameter with untrusted input.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0363

DSA-682-1

Affected Products

Awstats

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0363 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0363 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-682 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=294488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0363 · Note