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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.1087 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux]
New awstats packages fix cross-site scripting
4 December 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: awstats
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Cross-site Scripting
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-3714
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1679
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running AWStats check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1679-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer
December 03, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : awstats
Vulnerability : cross-site scripting
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3714
Debian Bug : 495432
Morgan Todd discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in awstats,
a log file analyzer, involving the "config" request parameter (and
possibly others; CVE-2008-3714).
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
6.5+dfsg-1+etch1.
The unstable (sid) and testing (lenny) distribution will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your awstats package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg-1+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 20369 bbe38406f0402fd5b7be2d0a427223c8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg-1+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1079 2fd97dfcfcbf48cbe0e4a1a431cb43bd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1041837 af6cbfbf470eb45f5238501813d6d1c6
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg-1+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 837326 878a4f0ab2ccb36c324c0c171a6a39b5
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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