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FreeBSD: VID-4055AEE5-F4C6-11E7-95F2-005056925DB4 (CVE-2017-1000501): awstats -- remote code execution

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FreeBSD: VID-4055AEE5-F4C6-11E7-95F2-005056925DB4 (CVE-2017-1000501): awstats -- remote code execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/03/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/09/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-awstats

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