Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2014-2225 |
Date Published: | 24 Nov 2014 |
Severity: | Medium |
Last Updated: | Monday 16 May, 2016 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2005-0116 CVE-2005-0362 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | AWStats version 6.2 and earlier. |
Vulnerability Description | A command execution vulnerability has been reported in AWStats. The vulnerability is due to failing of AWStats CGI script to properly sanitize user provided parameters. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted HTTP requests to the target system. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: AWStats configdir Parameter Remote Command Execution