Cacti: SQL injection vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200408-21 / cacti
Release Date	August 23, 2004
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 04
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/cacti	<= 0.8.5a	>= 0.8.5a-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #60630

Synopsis

With special configurations of Cacti it is possible to change passwords via a SQL injection attack.

2. Impact Information

Background

Cacti is a complete web-based front end to rrdtool.

Description

Cacti is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack where an attacker may inject SQL into the Username field.

Impact

An attacker could compromise the Cacti service and potentially execute programs with the permissions of the user running Cacti. Only systems with php_flag magic_quotes_gpc set to Off are vulnerable. By default, Gentoo Linux installs PHP with this option set to On.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Cacti.

Resolution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version of Cacti, as follows:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.5a-r1"
# emerge ">=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.5a-r1"

4. References

Page updated August 23, 2004

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