Debian DSA-1250-1 : cacti - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 24247

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that cacti, a frontend to rrdtool, performs insufficient validation of data passed to the 'cmd' script, which allows SQL injection and the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Solution

Upgrade the cacti package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6c-7sarge4.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6i-3.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404818

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1250

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24247

File Name: debian_DSA-1250.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cacti, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6799

DSA: 1250