|
|
Vulnerability Assessment & Network Security Forums |
|||||||||
|
If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Gentoo Local Security Checks >> [GLSA-200606-06] AWStats: Remote execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability Assessment Details
|
[GLSA-200606-06] AWStats: Remote execution of arbitrary code |
||
|
AWStats: Remote execution of arbitrary code Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-06 (AWStats: Remote execution of arbitrary code) Hendrik Weimer has found that if updating the statistics via the web frontend is enabled, it is possible to inject arbitrary code via a pipe character in the "migrate" parameter. Additionally, r0t has discovered that AWStats fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in awstats.pl. Impact A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the server in the context of the application running the AWStats CGI script if updating of the statistics via web frontend is permited. Nonetheless, all configurations are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in awstats.pl, permiting a remote attacker to execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser. Workaround Disable statistics updates using the web frontend to avoid code injection. However, there is no known workaround at this time concerning the cross-site scripting vulnerability. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1945 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2237 Solution: All AWStats users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-www/awstats-6.5-r1" Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2006 Michel Arboi |
||
|
Switches |
|
||
|
No Discussions have been posted on this vulnerability. |