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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3518-1
January 08, 2018
awstats vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 17.10
– Ubuntu 17.04
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
AWStats could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted
network traffic.
Software Description:
– awstats: powerful and featureful web server log analyzer
Details:
It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10:
awstats 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.10.1
Ubuntu 17.04:
awstats 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
awstats 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
awstats 7.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3518-1
CVE-2017-1000501
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awstats/7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awstats/7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awstats/7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awstats/7.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
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