January 2007

ID: 00058
Ref: 55/2007
Date: 29 January 2007:14:43:06
Version: 1

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Title: Gentoo Linux Security Advisory: GLSA 200701-23 - Cacti: Command execution and SQL injection
Abstract: 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.
Vendors affected: Gentoo
Operating systems affected: Gentoo
Applications affected: Gentoo

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Title
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory: GLSA 200701-23 - Cacti: Command execution and SQL injection

Detail
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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.


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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:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-23.xml

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 http://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.

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