UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16641

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16641

    Published: 7 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16641

    Summary:

    Details: lib/rrd.php in Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands via the path_rrdtool parameter in an action=save request to settings.php.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16641, https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1057, https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/e8088bb6593e6a49d000c342d17402f01db8740e, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16641

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cacti

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.8.8b+dfsg-3
    0.8.8b+dfsg-5
    0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1
    0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2
    0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm1
    0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High