AWStats Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:17844

Info

AWStats Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 17844
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-2237
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 04 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 21 2006 08:42PM
Credit: Hendrik Weimer is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
AWStats AWStats 6.5 -1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

AWStats Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

AWStats is prone to an arbitrary command-execution vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shell commands in the context of the webserver process. This may help attackers compromise the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

AWStats Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

Solution / Fix

AWStats Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any official vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].
Please see the references for third-party vendor advisories and fixes.

Note: Although Debian advisory DSA 1058-1 was released to address this issue, Debian has reported that DSA 1058-1 does not in fact address the issue. Users should refer to DSA 1075-1 for fixes.

References

AWStats Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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