Debian DSA-3494-1 : cacti - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 89001

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two SQL injection vulnerabilities were discovered in cacti, a web interface for graphing of monitoring systems. Specially crafted input can be used by an attacker in parameters of the graphs_new.php script to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the database.

Solution

Upgrade the cacti packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.8a+dfsg-5+deb7u8.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.8b+dfsg-8+deb8u4.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89001

File Name: debian_DSA-3494.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/29/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cacti, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8377, CVE-2015-8604

DSA: 3494

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