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CVE-2017-1000501 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.awstats.org/ Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-1000501
NVD Published Date:
01/03/2018
NVD Last Modified:
07/26/2020
Source:
MITRE