GLSA-200712-02 : Cacti: SQL injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 29232

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200712-02 (Cacti: SQL injection)

It has been reported that the 'local_graph_id' variable used in the file graph.php is not properly sanitized before being processed in an SQL statement.
Impact :

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the vulnerable host, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary SQL code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cacti users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.6j-r7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29232

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200712-02.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 12/7/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:cacti, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6035

CWE: 89

GLSA: 200712-02