GLSA-200506-20 : Cacti: Several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18547

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-200506-20 (Cacti: Several vulnerabilities)

Cacti fails to properly sanitize input which can lead to SQL injection, authentication bypass as well as PHP file inclusion.
Impact :

An attacker could potentially exploit the file inclusion to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the web server. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to bypass authentication or inject SQL queries to gain information from the database. Only systems with register_globals set to 'On' are affected by the file inclusion and authentication bypass vulnerabilities. Gentoo Linux ships with register_globals set to 'Off' by default.
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-0.8.6f' Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.

See Also

https://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_6e.php

http://www.nessus.org/u?91c98a8a

http://www.nessus.org/u?7d5e7aa8

http://www.nessus.org/u?f6cb3782

https://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_6f.php

http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php

http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-042005.php

http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-052005.php

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-20

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18547

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200506-20.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2005

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: 6/22/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1524, CVE-2005-1525, CVE-2005-1526

GLSA: 200506-20