CVE-2005-1527 Code injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary Perl code in AWStats via HTTP Referrer when URLPlugin is enabled, requiring immediate patching.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1527?
CVE-2005-1527 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Eval injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.4 and earlier, when a URLPlugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the HTTP Referrer, which is used in a $url parameter that is inserted into an eval function call.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1527?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Awstats Awstats, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1527?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2005-1527 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1527 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1527, DSA-892-1, GHSA-7rg7-c2wp-3xxr.