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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/195 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRHYCKLW5VPM6KP2WZW6DCCVHVBG7YCW/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2020-12-11 16:15
Updated : 2022-08-05 20:52
NVD link : CVE-2020-35176
Mitre link : CVE-2020-35176
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CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
awstats
- awstats
fedoraproject
- fedora