__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN awstats [RHSA-2006:0271-12] May 18, 2006 20:00 GMT Number Q-201 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the migrate parameter. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) DAMAGE: Allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Apply current patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM -Allows remote attackers to execute ASSESSMENT: arbitrary code. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-201.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1058 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2237 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start RHSA-2006:0271-12 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1058-1 awstats -- missing input sanitising Date Reported: 18 May 2006 Affected Packages: awstats Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 364443, Bug 365909, Bug 365910. In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 17844. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-2237. More information: Hendrik Weimer discovered that specially crafted web requests can cause awstats, a powerful and featureful web server log analyzer, to execute arbitrary commands. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 6.4-1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 6.5-2. We recommend that you upgrade your awstats package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.4- 1sarge2.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.4- 1sarge2.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_ 6.4.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.4- 1sarge2_all.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To report a problem with the web site, e-mail debian-www@lists.debian.org. For other contact information, see the Debian contact page. Last Modified: Thu, May 18 17:40:45 UTC 2006 Copyright © 2006 SPI; See license terms Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. 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