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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-40 Normal: Cacti Threat of Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities identified in Cacti have the potential to enable remote code execution, prompting Gentoo users to promptly update their systems for enhanced security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Cacti, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote execution Cacti normal severity

Resolution

All Cacti users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/cacti-1.2.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-16723 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16723 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-17357 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17357 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-17358 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17358 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-7106 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7106 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-7237 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7237

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-40
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 19, 2020
Bugs: #702312, #708938
ID: 202003-40

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote execution Cacti normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Cacti, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Cacti is a complete frontend to rrdtool.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/cacti < 1.2.9 >= 1.2.9

Impact

===== Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code or bypass intended access restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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