SB2015061701 - SQL injection in Cacti
Published: June 17, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015061701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4342)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2571
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183449.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183454.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183919.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00052.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132224/Cacti-SQL-Injection-Header-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/19
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_8d.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3295
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75108
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032672
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=934187
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4342.html