Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-29600
CVE-2020-29600
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.
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Affected products
2- AWStats/AWStatsdescription
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References
4- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/nvd
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