Ubuntu: 5899-1 Moderate Security Issue: AWStats XSS Vulnerability

ubuntu

February 28, 2023

AWStats could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Summary

AWStats could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Software Description:

- 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.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update cross-site scripting ubuntu awstats

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10:
   awstats                         7.8-2ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   awstats                         7.8-2ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   awstats                         7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   awstats                         7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   awstats                         7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4+esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.