Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-285-1) - Nessus
Medium Plugin ID: 21588This page contains detailed information about the Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-285-1) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.
Plugin Overview
ID: 21588
Name: Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-285-1)
Filename: ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2006-05-05
This Plugin Published: 2006-05-23
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-19
Plugin Version: 1.16
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Dependencies:
ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Vulnerability Information
Severity: Medium
Vulnerability Published: 2006-05-05
Patch Published: 2006-05-23
CVE [?]: CVE-2006-2237
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:awstats
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
Description
AWStats did not properly sanitize the 'migrate' CGI parameter. If the update of the stats via web front-end is allowed, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the server with the privileges of the AWStats server.
This does not affect AWStats installations which only build static pages.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected awstats package.
Public Exploits
Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, Core Impact)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-285-1) vulnerability:
- Metasploit: exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_migrate_exec
[AWStats migrate Remote Command Execution] - Exploit-DB: exploits/cgi/webapps/9909.rb
[EDB-9909: AWStats 6.4 < 6.5 - AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser Command Injection (Metasploit)] - Exploit-DB: exploits/cgi/webapps/16886.rb
[EDB-16886: AWStats 6.4 < 6.5 - migrate Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)]
Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.
WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.
Risk Information
CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Base Score: | 5.1 (Medium) |
Impact Subscore: | 6.4 |
Exploitability Subscore: | 4.9 |
CVSS Temporal Score: | NA (None) |
CVSS Environmental Score: | NA (None) |
Modified Impact Subscore: | NA |
Overall CVSS Score: | 5.1 (Medium) |
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Plugin Source
This is the ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl nessus plugin source code. Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2006-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-285-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(21588);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2237");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"285-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-285-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"AWStats did not properly sanitize the 'migrate' CGI parameter. If the
update of the stats via web front-end is allowed, a remote attacker
could execute arbitrary commands on the server with the privileges of
the AWStats server.
This does not affect AWStats installations which only build static
pages.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected awstats package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'AWStats migrate Remote Command Execution');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:awstats");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/05/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/05/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/05/05");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2006-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(5\.04|5\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"awstats", pkgver:"6.3-1ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"awstats", pkgver:"6.4-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "awstats");
}
The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:
- Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl
- Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl
- Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl
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How to Run
Here is how to run the Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-285-1) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):
- Click to start a New Scan.
- Select Advanced Scan.
- Navigate to the Plugins tab.
- On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
- On the left side table select Ubuntu Local Security Checks plugin family.
- On the right side table select Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : awstats vulnerability (USN-285-1) plugin ID 21588.
- Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
- Run the scan.
Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.
Basic usage:
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
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References
USN | Ubuntu Security Notice: See also: Similar and related Nessus plugins:
- 21328 - AWStats migrate Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution
- 22600 - Debian DSA-1058-1 : awstats - missing input sanitising
- 21667 - GLSA-200606-06 : AWStats: Remote execution of arbitrary code
- 27163 - openSUSE 10 Security Update : awstats (awstats-1612)
Version
This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file ubuntu_USN-285-1.nasl version 1.16. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.
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