Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-3112 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in Cacti

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
the-cacti-group
nessus

Summary

graph_image.php in Cacti 0.8.6i, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large value of the (1) graph_start or (2) graph_end parameter, different vectors than CVE-2007-3113. The vendor

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
The_Cacti_Group
1

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-3683.NASL
    description - Tue Nov 20 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> - 0.8.7a-1 - Upstream released new version - Fixes for bug #391691 - CVE-2007-6035 - Sat Oct 13 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> - 0.8.7-2 - Upstream released new version - No longer need to patch for /etc/cacti/* - Fri Sep 14 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> - 0.8.6j-8 - Fix for CVE-2007-3112 bz#243592 - Sat Sep 8 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> - 0.8.6j-6 - rebuild Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id28313
    published2007-11-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28313
    titleFedora 7 : cacti-0.8.7a-1.fc7 (2007-3683)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-3683.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(28313);
      script_version ("1.13");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6035");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-3683");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : cacti-0.8.7a-1.fc7 (2007-3683)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "  - Tue Nov 20 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> -
        0.8.7a-1
    
        - Upstream released new version
    
        - Fixes for bug #391691 - CVE-2007-6035
    
        - Sat Oct 13 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com>
          - 0.8.7-2
    
        - Upstream released new version
    
        - No longer need to patch for /etc/cacti/*
    
        - Fri Sep 14 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com>
          - 0.8.6j-8
    
        - Fix for CVE-2007-3112 bz#243592
    
        - Sat Sep 8 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> -
          0.8.6j-6
    
        - rebuild
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391991"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/005198.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?06f4d1c5"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected cacti package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_cwe_id(89);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cacti");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/11/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/26");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 7.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"cacti-0.8.7a-1.fc7")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "cacti");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-2199.NASL
    description - Fri Sep 14 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> - 0.8.6j-8 - Fix for CVE-2007-3112 bz#243592 - Sat Sep 8 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> - 0.8.6j-6 - rebuild Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27757
    published2007-11-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27757
    titleFedora 7 : cacti-0.8.6j-8.fc7 (2007-2199)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-2199.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(27757);
      script_version ("1.12");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:25");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3112", "CVE-2007-3113");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-2199");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : cacti-0.8.6j-8.fc7 (2007-2199)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "  - Fri Sep 14 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> -
        0.8.6j-8
    
        - Fix for CVE-2007-3112 bz#243592
    
        - Sat Sep 8 2007 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> -
          0.8.6j-6
    
        - rebuild
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=243592"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-September/003832.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?626cf695"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected cacti package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cacti");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/09/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/06");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 7.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"cacti-0.8.6j-8.fc7")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "cacti");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1954.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been found in cacti, a frontend to rrdtool for monitoring systems and services. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-3112, CVE-2007-3113 It was discovered that cacti is prone to a denial of service via the graph_height, graph_width, graph_start and graph_end parameters. This issue only affects the oldstable (etch) version of cacti. - CVE-2009-4032 It was discovered that cacti is prone to several cross-site scripting attacks via different vectors. - CVE-2009-4112 It has been discovered that cacti allows authenticated administrator users to gain access to the host system by executing arbitrary commands via the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id44819
    published2010-02-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44819
    titleDebian DSA-1954-1 : cacti - insufficient input sanitising
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1954. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(44819);
      script_version("1.11");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:22");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3112", "CVE-2007-3113", "CVE-2009-4032", "CVE-2010-2543");
      script_bugtraq_id(37109);
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1954");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1954-1 : cacti - insufficient input sanitising");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Several vulnerabilities have been found in cacti, a frontend to
    rrdtool for monitoring systems and services. The Common
    Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
    problems :
    
      - CVE-2007-3112, CVE-2007-3113
        It was discovered that cacti is prone to a denial of
        service via the graph_height, graph_width, graph_start
        and graph_end parameters. This issue only affects the
        oldstable (etch) version of cacti.
    
      - CVE-2009-4032
        It was discovered that cacti is prone to several
        cross-site scripting attacks via different vectors.
    
      - CVE-2009-4112
        It has been discovered that cacti allows authenticated
        administrator users to gain access to the host system by
        executing arbitrary commands via the 'Data Input Method'
        for the 'Linux - Get Memory Usage' setting.
    
      There is no fix for this issue at this stage. Upstream will
      implement a whitelist policy to only allow certain 'safe' commands.
      For the moment, we recommend that such access is only given to
      trusted users and that the options 'Data Input' and 'User
      Administration' are otherwise deactivated."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429224"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3112"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3113"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4032"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4112"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1954"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the cacti packages.
    
    For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed
    in version 0.8.6i-3.6.
    
    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.8.7b-2.1+lenny1."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_cwe_id(79);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cacti");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/12/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/02/24");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"cacti", reference:"0.8.6i-3.6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"cacti", reference:"0.8.7b-2.1+lenny1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionNo description provided by source.
idSSV:15105
last seen2017-11-19
modified2009-12-17
published2009-12-17
reporterRoot
sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-15105
titleNew cacti packages fix insufficient input sanitising