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Security Bulletin: Open Source Cacti vulnerability affects IBM Platform RTM (CVE-2016-3172, CVE-2016-3659)

Created by Chun Wei on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/676623
676623

Security Bulletin


Summary

Cacti is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the tree.php script using the parent_id parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the graph_view.php script, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Vulnerability Details

Relevant CVE Information:

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3172
DESCRIPTION: Cacti is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the tree.php script using the parent_id parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111681 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3659
DESCRIPTION: Cacti is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the graph_view.php script, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111978 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Platform RTM 8.3, 9.1.x

Remediation/Fixes

Fixed in IBM Spectrum LSF RTM (formerly IBM Platform RTM) 10.1 to be released on IBM Passport Advantage

For RTM version 8.3.x, 9.1.x, IBM recommends upgrading to IBM Spectrum LSF RTM 10.1 which is available from IBM Passport Advantage

Workarounds and Mitigations

None
Upgrade to 10.1 on IBM Passport Advantage

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

17 June 2016: Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

isg3T1017908

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