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Cacti < 0.8.6f Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple vulnerabilities in Cacti < 0.8.6f

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.

Description :

The remote host is running Cacti, a web-based frontend to RRDTool for
network graphing.

The version of Cacti on the remote host suffers from several
vulnerabilities that may permit a possible hacker to bypass authentication and
gain administrative access to the affected application (if PHP's
'register_globals' setting is enabled), execute arbitrary commands
remotely, and conduct SQL injection attacks.

See also :

http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-042005.php
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-052005.php
http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_6f.php

Solution :

Upgrade to Cacti 0.8.6f or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14128, 14129, 14130

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