awstats up to 6.3 awstats.pl eval

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in awstats up to 6.3. Affected by this issue is the function eval of the file awstats.pl. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1527. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in awstats up to 6.3 (Log Management Software). Affected by this issue is the function eval of the file awstats.pl. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Eval injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.4 and earlier, when a URLPlugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the HTTP Referrer, which is used in a $url parameter that is inserted into an eval function call.

The weakness was shared 08/09/2005 by Peter Vreugdenhil (Website). The advisory is available at ubuntulinux.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1527 since 05/12/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19440 (GLSA-200508-07 : AWStats: Arbitrary code execution using malicious Referrer information), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12175 (AWStats Referrer Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5218.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21769), Tenable (19440), SecurityFocus (BID 14525†), OSVDB (18696†) and Secunia (SA16412†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Nessus ID: 19440
Nessus Name: GLSA-200508-07 : AWStats: Arbitrary code execution using malicious Referrer information
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OpenVAS ID: 55846
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 892-1 (awstats)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntulinux.org
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1527 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1527
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25994
X-Force: 21769
SecurityFocus: 14525 - AWStats Referrer Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16412
OSVDB: 18696 - AWStats ShowInfoURL Arbitrary Perl Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1014636
Vulnerability Center: 8913 - AWStats 6.3 with URLPlugin Enables Code Execution, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/02/2025 16:56
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (78), 06/08/2019 11:16 (8), 07/02/2025 16:56 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:195:103

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