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awstats — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2020-29600

In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, 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.

Products
awstats
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
7.8-r0
CVEs
CVE-2020-29600
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2020-29600

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Dec 2020, 20:15 UTC

In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, 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.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-29600

awstats

Fixed versions: 7.8-r0

awstats

Fixed versions: 7.8-r0

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2020-29600",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ALPINE-CVE-2020-29600",
    "summary": "In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, 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.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-29600",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "awstats",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "7.8-r0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
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      {
        "name": {
          "value": "awstats",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/awstats?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.10"
          },
          "database_specific": {
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          },
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/awstats?arch=source",
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          },
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T11:17:55.170763815Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
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      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-29600"
      ]
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2020-29600",
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 450617,
  "published_at": "2020-12-07T20:15:12.837+00:00"
}