SB2016053012 - SQL injection in cacti (Alpine package)
Published: May 30, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016053012
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3659)
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 host_group_data 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
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=97b21981f757e729a042315e70d86ffb8bbb0769
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0bbeb0f3f8142a03b99a0aa8fb6fd1ad6ec0c8bb
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c605352df241a84d9261d0a9a71420626b11eac6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=04a58faaea4aa4fff5ef3ac1aef4329cbff00551