Packages
- awstats - powerful and featureful web server log analyzer
Details
It was discovered that AWStats did not properly sanitize the content of
whois responses in the hostinfo plugin. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
It was discovered that AWStats did not properly sanitize the content of
whois responses in the hostinfo plugin. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.10 kinetic | awstats – 7.8-2ubuntu0.22.10.1 | ||
| 22.04 jammy | awstats – 7.8-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 | ||
| 20.04 focal | awstats – 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 | ||
| 18.04 bionic | awstats – 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.2 | ||
| 16.04 xenial | awstats – 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4+esm2 | ||
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