USN-3518-1: AWStats vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3518-1
8th January, 2018
awstats vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
AWStats could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
- awstats - powerful and featureful web server log analyzer
Details
It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
- awstats 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.10.1
- Ubuntu 17.04:
- awstats 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- awstats 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- awstats 7.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2AHfq2l