[Pkg-cacti-maint] Bug#947375: cacti: CVE-2019-17358

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: cacti
Version: 1.2.7+ds1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3026

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for cacti.

CVE-2019-17358[0]:
| Cacti through 1.2.7 is affected by multiple instances of
| lib/functions.php unsafe deserialization of user-controlled data to
| populate arrays. An authenticated attacker could use this to influence
| object data values and control actions taken by Cacti or potentially
| cause memory corruption in the PHP module.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17358
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17358
[1] https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3026
[2] https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/adf221344359f5b02b8aed43dfb6b33ae5d708c8

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore