Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for awstats. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
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TITLE:
Debian update for awstats
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32939
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32939/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13844/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/530/
DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for awstats. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site
scripting attacks.
For more information:
SA31519
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch --
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg-1+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 20369 bbe38406f0402fd5b7be2d0a427223c8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg-1+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1079 2fd97dfcfcbf48cbe0e4a1a431cb43bd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1041837 af6cbfbf470eb45f5238501813d6d1c6
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/awstats/awstats_6.5+dfsg-1+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 837326 878a4f0ab2ccb36c324c0c171a6a39b5
-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --
Reportedly, the problem will be fixed soon.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-1679-1:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00271.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31519:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31519/
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