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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6969-1
August 20, 2024
cacti vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Cacti.
Software Description:
- cacti: web interface for graphing of monitoring systems
Details:
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly apply checks to the "Package
Import" feature. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu
22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25641)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize values when using
javascript based API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
inject arbitrary javascript code resulting into cross-site scripting
vulnerability. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29894)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize values when managing
data queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject
arbitrary javascript code resulting into cross-site scripting
vulnerability. (CVE-2024-31443)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize values when reading
tree rules with Automation API. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to inject arbitrary javascript code resulting into cross-site
scripting vulnerability. (CVE-2024-31444)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize
"get_request_var('filter')" values in the "api_automation.php" file. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection
attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-31445)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize data stored in
"form_save()" function in the "graph_template_inputs.php" file. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection attacks.
(CVE-2024-31458)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly validate the file urls from
the lib/plugin.php file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2024-31459)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly validate the data stored in
the "automation_tree_rules.php". A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to perform SQL injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu
24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-31460)
It was discovered that Cacti did not properly verify the user password.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication
mechanism. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-34360)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  cacti                           1.2.26+ds1-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  cacti                           1.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  cacti                           1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  cacti                           1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  cacti                           0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  cacti                           0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6969-1
  CVE-2024-25641, CVE-2024-29894, CVE-2024-31443, CVE-2024-31444,
  CVE-2024-31445, CVE-2024-31458, CVE-2024-31459, CVE-2024-31460,
  CVE-2024-34340
Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cacti/1.2.26+ds1-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cacti/1.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cacti/1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1