It was discovered that AWStats did not correctly filter the LoadPlugin configuration option. A local attacker on a shared system could use this to inject arbitrary code into AWStats.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
24 January 2011
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
It was discovered that AWStats did not correctly filter the LoadPlugin configuration option. A local attacker on a shared system could use this to inject arbitrary code into AWStats.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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