Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-35176 (CCN-193011)

Assigned:2020-12-09
Published:2020-12-09
Updated:2022-08-06
Summary:In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format.
Note: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501 and CVE-2020-29600.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
4.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
4.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-22
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-35176

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
awstats-cve202035176-dir-traversal(193011)

Source: CCN
Type: AWStats GIT Repository
path traversal flaw #195

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/195

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20201223 [SECURITY] [DLA 2506-1] awstats security update

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2020-d1aa0e030c

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2020-4cba5f2846

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 7.8)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    awstats awstats *
    debian debian linux 9.0
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    fedoraproject fedora 33