USN-360-1: awstats vulnerabilities
10 October 2006
awstats vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Software Description
Details
awstats did not fully sanitize input, which was passed directly to the user’s browser, allowing for an XSS attack. If a user was tricked into following a specially crafted awstats URL, the user’s authentication information could be exposed for the domain where awstats was hosted. (CVE-2006-3681)
awstats could display its installation path under certain conditions. However, this might only become a concern if awstats is installed into an user’s home directory. (CVE-2006-3682)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- awstats - 6.5-1ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 5.10
- awstats - 6.4-1ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 5.04
- awstats - 6.3-1ubuntu0.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.