[Pkg-cacti-maint] Bug#949997: cacti: CVE-2020-7237

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: cacti
Version: 1.2.8+ds1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3201

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for cacti.

CVE-2020-7237[0]:
| Cacti 1.2.8 allows Remote Code Execution (by privileged users) via
| shell metacharacters in the Performance Boost Debug Log field of
| poller_automation.php. OS commands are executed when a new poller
| cycle begins. The attacker must be authenticated, and must have access
| to modify the Performance Settings of the product.


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-2020-7237
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7237
[1] https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3201

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore