Description
Cacti 0.8.6i, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large value of the (1) graph_height or (2) graph_width parameter, different vectors than CVE-2007-3112.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | cacti | 0.8.6j-1.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | cacti | 0.8.6j-1.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | cacti | 0.8.6j-1.1 | — |
| Debian 5.0 | cacti | 0.8.7b-2.1+lenny1 | DSA-1954-1 |
| Debian 4.0 | cacti | 0.8.6i-3.6 | DSA-1954-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1954-1 cacti - insufficient input sanitising Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- http://mdessus.free.fr/?p=15
- 26872 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=243592
- MDKSA-2007:184 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=955
- 25557 third-party-advisory
- http://svn.cacti.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/branches/BRANCH_0_8_6/cacti/graph_image.php?rev=3956&r1=3898&r2=3956
- FEDORA-2007-2199 vendor-advisory
- cacti-graphstart-graphend-dos(34747) vdb-entry
- 37019 vdb-entry