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title: "CVE-2010-4367\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-4367

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

awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 accepts a configdir parameter in the URL,
which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted
configuration file located on a (1) WebDAV server or (2) NFS server.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4367?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| 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-2010-4367?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

our awstats package already has a patch that disables use of the
configdir parameter. See Debian bug #365910.

### 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/awstats.pl?r1=1.958&r2=1.962> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4367)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4367)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4367)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4367)

### Other references

* <http://www.exploitdevelopment.com/Vulnerabilities/2010-WEB-001.html>
* <http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4367>