Bug 540404

Summary:	Awstats: awredir.pl - require security key by default and enhance security of parameter sanitizing function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bressers, gauret
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-11-23 10:10:34 UTC

Advanced Web Statistics (awstat) upstream has released new (6.95) version, addressing two security related issues. Quoting from awstats Changelog:

- Fix security in awredir.pl script by adding a security key required by
  default.
- Enhance security of parameter sanitizing function.

CVE Request:
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/22/1

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-11-23 10:13:10 UTC

These issues affect the versions of the awstats package, as shipped 
with Fedora releases of 10, 11, 12 and probably also as shipped
with Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 (EPEL-5) project.

Please upgrade to new version.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2009-11-26 05:49:28 UTC

awstats-6.95-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/awstats-6.95-1.fc12

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-12-01 04:23:55 UTC

awstats-6.95-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.