Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.html | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651 | third party advisory patch |
| http://www.awstats.org/ | vendor advisory |
| https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899 | third party advisory patch |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37 | vendor advisory |