Gentoo alert 200408-21 (cacti)

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Kurt Lieber <klieber@gentoo.org>
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gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200408-21 ] Cacti: SQL injection vulnerability
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Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:28:35 +0000
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bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com,
 security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200408-21
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Cacti: SQL injection vulnerability
      Date: August 23, 2004
      Bugs: #60630
        ID: 200408-21

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

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

Affected packages
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     Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/cacti      <= 0.8.5a                    >= 0.8.5a-r1

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

Impact
======

An attacker could use these vulnerabilities to compromise the Cacti
service and potentially execute programs with the permissions of the
user running Cacti.

Workaround
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To prevent SQL code injection, php_flag magic_quotes_gpc should be set
to Off. By default, Gentoo Linux installs PHP with this option set to
Off.

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

    # emerge sync

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

References
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  [ 1 ] Full Disclosure Announcement
        http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/200...

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-200408-21.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 2004 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.

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