OS Command Injection Affecting cacti package, versions <1.1.27+ds1-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CACTI-5676130
  • published7 Nov 2017
  • disclosed7 Nov 2017

Introduced: 7 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16641  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 cacti to version 1.1.27+ds1-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cacti package and not the cacti package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

lib/rrd.php in Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands via the path_rrdtool parameter in an action=save request to settings.php.