--- title: "CVE-2005-2148\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2148?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2005-2148 Publication date 6 July 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Cacti 0.8.6e and earlier does not perform proper input validation to protect against common attacks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or SQL by sending a legitimate value in a POST request or cookie, then specifying the attack string in the URL, which causes the get\_request\_var function to return the wrong value in the $\_REQUEST variable, which is cleansed while the original malicious $\_GET value remains unmodified, as demonstrated in (1) graph\_image.php and (2) graph.php. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | cacti | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 0.8.6i-3 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 0.8.6h-3ubuntu0.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.8.6h-1ubuntu3.1 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2148) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2148) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2148) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2148) ### Other references *