Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-35176

Description

In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), 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 and CVE-2020-29600.

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Affected products

AWStats/Awstats2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.8
- (no CPE)range: <=7.8
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Fedoraproject/Fedora2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
AWStats/AWStatsdescription

Patches

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References

github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/195nvdThird 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
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRHYCKLW5VPM6KP2WZW6DCCVHVBG7YCW/nvd

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