Debian dla-3225 : awstats - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168404

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3225 advisory.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3225-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta December 05, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : awstats Version : 7.6+dfsg-2+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2022-46391 Debian Bug : 1025410

AWStats, a powerful and featureful web server log analyzer, allowed XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 7.6+dfsg-2+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your awstats packages.

For the detailed security status of awstats please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/awstats

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the awstats packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168404

File Name: debian_DLA-3225.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/5/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46391

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:awstats

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46391

Detections

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