Cacti: SQL injection

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200712-02 / cacti
Release Date	December 05, 2007
Latest Revision	December 05, 2007: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/cacti	< 0.8.7a	revision >= 0.8.6j-r7, >= 0.8.7a	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #199509

Synopsis

An SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in Cacti.

2. Impact Information

Background

Cacti is a complete web-based frontend to rrdtool.

Description

It has been reported that the "local_graph_id" variable used in the file graph.php is not properly sanitized before being processed in an SQL statement.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the vulnerable host, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary SQL code.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Cacti users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.6j-r7"

4. References

CVE-2007-6035

Updated December 05, 2007

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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