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Amazon Linux AMI : cacti (ALAS-2017-904)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103601

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Cacti in the method parameter in spikekill.php. (CVE-2017-12927)

The lib/html.php script in Cacti has a XSS vulnerability via the title field of an external link added by an authenticated user.
(CVE-2017-12978)

Solution

Run 'yum update cacti' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-904.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103601

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-904.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2017

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cacti

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12927, CVE-2017-12978

ALAS: 2017-904