| Name | CVE-2014-2709 |
| Description | lib/rrd.php in Cacti 0.8.7g, 0.8.8b, and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified parameters. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; oss-sec, fulldisc, OSVDB, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, more) |
| References | DSA-2970-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 743565 |
| Debian/oldstable | package cacti is vulnerable. |
| Debian/stable | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/testing | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/unstable | not vulnerable. |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cacti (PTS) | squeeze (security), squeeze | 0.8.7g-1+squeeze3 | vulnerable |
| squeeze (lts) | 0.8.7g-1+squeeze5 | fixed | |
| wheezy, wheezy (security) | 0.8.8a+dfsg-5+deb7u4 | fixed | |
| jessie, sid | 0.8.8b+dfsg-8 | fixed |
The information above is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cacti | source | (unstable) | 0.8.8b+dfsg-4 | high | 743565 | |
| cacti | source | squeeze | 0.8.7g-1+squeeze4 | high | 743565 | |
| cacti | source | wheezy | 0.8.8a+dfsg-5+deb7u3 | high | DSA-2970-1 |
http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2405 (not yet public)
http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=7439
CVE for all changes to lib/rrd.php to add cacti_escapeshellarg calls