ubuntu · CVE-2008-5080

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Priority: low Published: 2008-12-03 18:30:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-04 19:23:20 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-5080 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): released 5.

Description:

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 and earlier does not properly remove quote characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the query_string parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714.

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