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Debian DSA-1418-1 : cacti - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 29192

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Cacti, a tool to monitor systems and networks, performs insufficient input sanitising, which allows SQL injection.

Solution

Upgrade the cacti package.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6c-7sarge5.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.6i-3.2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=452085

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1418

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29192

File Name: debian_DSA-1418.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:cacti, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6035

CWE: 89

DSA: 1418