CVE-2005-0116

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AWStats versions prior to 6.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by using shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to the 'aswtats.pl' script.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.3, update to version 6.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the configdir parameter in the 'aswtats.pl' script to minimize the risk of exploitation.