Bug 540404 - Awstats: awredir.pl - require security key by default and enhance security of parameter sanitizing function
Summary: Awstats: awredir.pl - require security key by default and enhance security of...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/a...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-11-23 10:10 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:33 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-03-22 18:53:46 UTC
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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.
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