SB2013083008 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for cacti

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SB2013083008 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for cacti

Published: August 30, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2013083008
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5588)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Cacti 0.8.8b and earlier when processing (1) the step parameter to install/index.php or (2) the id parameter to cacti/host.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5589)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the id parameter. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References