Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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

AWStats/Awstatscpe-rescue3 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=7.7
- cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.7
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Fedoraproject/Fedora
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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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