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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200701-23
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  Severity: High
     Title: Cacti: Command execution and SQL injection
      Date: January 26, 2007
      Bugs: #159278
        ID: 200701-23

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

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

Affected packages
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     Package             /   Vulnerable   /                 Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/cacti      < 0.8.6i-r1                  >= 0.8.6i-r1

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Cacti users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-6799
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6799

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-23

Concerns?
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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/.

License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/