In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501 and CVE-2020-29600.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| awstats / awstats | - | 7.8.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| fedoraproject / fedora | 32 | 32.x |
| fedoraproject / fedora | 33 | 33.x |