GLSA 200701-23: Cacti: Command execution and SQL injection

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Severity:	high
Title:	Cacti: Command execution and SQL injection
Date:	01/26/2007
Bugs:	#159278
ID:	200701-23

Synopsis

Cacti has three vulnerabilities that could allow shell command execution or SQL injection.

Background

Cacti is a web-based network graphing and reporting tool.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/cacti	< 0.8.6i-r1	>= 0.8.6i-r1	All supported architectures

Description

rgod discovered that the Cacti cmd.php and copy_cacti_user.php scripts do not properly control access to the command shell, and are remotely accessible by unauthenticated users. This allows SQL injection via cmd.php and copy_cacti_user.php URLs. Further, the results from the injected SQL query are not properly sanitized before being passed to a command shell. The vulnerabilities require that the "register_argc_argv" option is enabled, which is the Gentoo default. Also, a number of similar problems in other scripts were reported.

Impact

These vulnerabilties can result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands or information disclosure via crafted SQL queries.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Cacti users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.6i-r1"

References

CVE-2006-6799

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-23.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.