VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-35176
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.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.17% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- awstats/awstats · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/195Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRHYCKLW5VPM6KP2WZW6DCCVHVBG7YCW/
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/195Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRHYCKLW5VPM6KP2WZW6DCCVHVBG7YCW/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.