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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2237

Original release date:05/08/2006
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the migrate parameter.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.1 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: OSVDB
Name: 25284
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25284
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 19969
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19969
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/2df297a2-dc74-11da-a22b-000c6ec775d9.html
Hyperlink:http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/2df297a2-dc74-11da-a22b-000c6ec775d9.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-1678
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1678
External Source: BID
Name: 17844
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17844
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats
Hyperlink:http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/awstats_security_news.php
Hyperlink:http://awstats.sourceforge.net/awstats_security_news.php
External Source: XF
Name: awstats-migrate-command-execution(26287)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26287
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-285-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-285-1
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:033
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.html
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1058
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1058
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200606-06
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-06.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20710
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20710
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20496
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20496
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20186
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20186
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20170
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20170

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2237