1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7226-1

USN-7226-1: Cacti vulnerability

Publication date

23 January 2025

Overview

Cacti could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • cacti - web interface for graphing of monitoring systems

Details

It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize the ‘poller_id’
parameter in the “remote_agent.php” file. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

It was discovered that Cacti did not properly sanitize the ‘poller_id’
parameter in the “remote_agent.php” file. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy cacti –  1.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1+esm2  
20.04 focal cacti –  1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1+esm2  
18.04 bionic cacti –  1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  

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