USN-3518-1: AWStats vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3518-1
8th January, 2018
awstats vulnerability
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 version:
- 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
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3518-1: AWStats vulnerability
