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awstats — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.

Products
awstats
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.2-1.1
CVEs
CVE-2005-0116
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Jan 2005, 05:00 UTC

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116

awstats

Fixed versions: 6.2-1.1

awstats

Fixed versions: 6.2-1.1

awstats

Fixed versions: 6.2-1.1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116",
    "products": [
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        },
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          }
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      },
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    "severity": "unknown",
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T03:47:35.325251639Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0116"
      ]
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 411981,
  "published_at": "2005-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
}