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CVE-2020-29600 Details

Description

In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469 CVEExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/ CVE
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
awstats awstats
<= 7.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
32

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-29600
NVD Published Date:
Dec 7, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-29600 Details - Not Deferred