Amazon Linux AMI update for cacti

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU84814

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51448

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the "selected_graphs_array" HTTP GET parameter to /cacti/managers.php within the SNMP Notification Receivers feature. A remote user 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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

noarch:
    cacti-1.1.19-6.24.amzn1.noarch

src:
    cacti-1.1.19-6.24.amzn1.src

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

cacti: before 1.1.19-6.24

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2024-1915.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.