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title: "CVE-2009-5020\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-5020

Publication date 2 December 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Open redirect vulnerability in awredir.pl in AWStats before 6.95 allows
remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct
phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5020?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| awstats | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5020?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

added "security key" changes behaviour and will break existing
setups.
wait a sec...we don't even package awredir.pl -> not-affected

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| awstats | * Upstream:   <http://awstats.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/awstats/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awredir.pl?r1=1.6&r2=1.12> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-5020)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5020)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-5020)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5020)

### Other references

* <http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5020>