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HistoryAug 26, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-290-1)

2022-08-2600:00:00
Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
6
ubuntu
'awstats' package
privilege escalation

CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.012

Percentile

85.4%

The remote host is missing an update for the

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2006.290.1");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2644");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-08-26 07:43:23 +0000 (Fri, 26 Aug 2022)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:09 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-290-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(5\.04|5\.10|6\.06\ LTS)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-290-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-290-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'awstats' package(s) announced via the USN-290-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Hendrik Weimer discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in
awstats. By supplying the 'configdir' CGI parameter and setting it to
an attacker-controlled directory (such as an FTP account, /tmp, or
similar), an attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands with the
privileges of the web server (user 'www-data').

This update disables the 'configdir' parameter by default. If all
local user accounts can be trusted, it can be re by running
awstats with the AWSTATS_ENABLE_CONFIG_DIR environment variable set to
a nonempty value.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'awstats' package(s) on Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU5.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"awstats", ver:"6.3-1ubuntu0.3", rls:"UBUNTU5.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU5.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"awstats", ver:"6.4-1ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU5.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"awstats", ver:"6.5-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.012

Percentile

85.4%