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CVE-2020-35176
published 2020-12-12

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…

PriorityP428medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCLINAN
EPSS
1.83%
76.5th 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.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
awstatsawstats<= 7.8
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-27.8-2
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-27.8-2
awstatsawstats>= 0 < 7.8-27.8-2
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)
debiandebian_linux
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
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