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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7226-1
January 23, 2025

cacti vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Cacti could be made to crash or run programs if it received
specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- cacti: web interface for graphing of monitoring systems

Details:

It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize the 'poller_id'
parameter in the "remote_agent.php" file. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  cacti                           1.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  cacti                           1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  cacti                           1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7226-1
  CVE-2022-46169

Ubuntu 7226-1: Cacti Security Advisory Updates

January 23, 2025
Cacti could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Cacti could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - cacti: web interface for graphing of monitoring systems Details: It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize the 'poller_id' parameter in the "remote_agent.php" file. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cacti 1.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS cacti 1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS cacti 1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7226-1

CVE-2022-46169

Severity
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