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Gentoo alert 201607-05 (cacti)

From:  Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>
To:  gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
Subject:  [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201607-05 ] Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:15:13 +0900
Message-ID:  <4a74c44d-99a8-ddaf-797a-fa970fbccf51@gentoo.org>

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201607-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: July 16, 2016 Bugs: #519900, #568400, #570984, #574412, #582996 ID: 201607-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Cacti, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== Cacti is a complete frontend to rrdtool. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/cacti < 0.8.8h >= 0.8.8h Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ====== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or remote authenticated users could bypass intended access restrictions. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Cacti users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.8h" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2014-5261 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5261 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-5262 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5262 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-8369 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8369 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-8377 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8377 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-8604 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8604 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-2313 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2313 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-3172 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3172 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-3659 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3659 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-05 Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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