CVE-2020-35176

awstats: In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), e...

CVE-2020-35176 is fixed in awstats on 1 platform, first by awstats 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1, released December 11, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0218
82nd percentile

In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), 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 and CVE-2020-29600.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
awstats · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 awstats 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 Dec 11, 2020
awstats · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.1 awstats 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.1 Dec 11, 2020

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