CVE-2019-17358 Deserialization in n/a

High 8.1 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can exploit unsafe deserialization in Cacti to manipulate object data, potentially causing memory corruption or executing arbitrary code.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-17358?

CVE-2019-17358 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 12 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17358?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Cacti Cacti, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17358?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2019-17358 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cacti Cacti vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17358, DLA-2032-1, DSA-4604-1, GHSA-7mqg-g2q4-78m2, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17358.

Is CVE-2019-17358 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free