GLSA-200408-21 : Cacti: SQL injection vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 14577

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-200408-21 (Cacti: SQL injection vulnerability)

Cacti is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack where an attacker may inject SQL into the Username field.
Impact :

An attacker could compromise the Cacti service and potentially execute programs with the permissions of the user running Cacti. Only systems with php_flag magic_quotes_gpc set to Off are vulnerable. By default, Gentoo Linux installs PHP with this option set to On.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Cacti.

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version of Cacti, as follows:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.5a-r1' # emerge '>=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.5a-r1'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?91170697

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200408-21

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14577

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-21.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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: 8/23/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1737

GLSA: 200408-21