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CVE-2020-29600
published 2020-12-07

CVE-2020-29600: In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended to only read a file in the…

PriorityP344critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.91%
85.4th percentile
In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, 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.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
awstatsawstats<= 7.7
awstatsawstats<= 7.8
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-17.8-1
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-27.8-2
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-17.8-1
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-27.8-2
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-17.8-1
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-27.8-2
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-17.8-1
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-27.8-2
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.17.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.17.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.1
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4+esm17.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
debianawstats< awstats 7.8-2 (bookworm)awstats 7.8-2 (bookworm)
debianawstats< awstats 7.8-1 (bookworm)awstats 7.8-1 (bookworm)
debiandebian_linux
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
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