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Debian dsa-5646 : cacti - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 192517

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5646 advisory.

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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5646-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso March 24, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : cacti CVE ID : CVE-2023-39360 CVE-2023-39513 CVE-2023-49084 CVE-2023-49085 CVE-2023-49086 CVE-2023-49088 CVE-2023-50250 CVE-2023-50569 Debian Bug : 1059254

 Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti, a web interface for graphing of monitoring systems, which could result in cross-site scripting, SQL injection, or command injection.

 For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u3.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your cacti packages.

 For the detailed security status of cacti please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cacti

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the cacti packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cacti

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/cacti

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/cacti

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39360

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39513

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49084

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49085

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49086

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49088

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50250

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192517

File Name: debian_DSA-5646.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2024

Updated: 9/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49085

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cacti, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2023

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Cacti RCE via SQLi in pollers.php)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39360, CVE-2023-39513, CVE-2023-49084, CVE-2023-49085, CVE-2023-49086, CVE-2023-49088, CVE-2023-50250