Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting cacti package, versions <0:1.0.4-1.14.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CACTI-1706261
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed15 Nov 2017

Introduced: 15 Nov 2017

CVE-2014-4000  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 cacti to version 0:1.0.4-1.14.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-817.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cacti package and not the cacti package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).