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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : AWStats vulnerabilities (USN-4953-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149478

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4953-1 advisory.

 Sean Boran discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-29600)

 It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2020-35176)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected awstats package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4953-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149478

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4953-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/14/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:awstats

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000501, CVE-2020-29600, CVE-2020-35176

USN: 4953-1