Path traversal in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-1000501
Published: January 3, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33506
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000501
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000501
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.awstats.org/
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092