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title: "CVE-2009-4032\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-4032

Publication date 29 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7e allow
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related
to (1) graph.php, (2) include/top\_graph\_header.php, (3) lib/html\_form.php,
and (4) lib/timespan\_settings.php, as demonstrated by the (a) graph\_end or
(b) graph\_start parameters to graph.php; (c) the date1 parameter in a tree
action to graph\_view.php; and the (d) page\_refresh and (e)
default\_dual\_pane\_width parameters to graph\_settings.php.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4032?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cacti | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.8.7g-1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 0.8.7g-1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 0.8.7g-1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4032?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

cross\_site\_fix.patch still not applied as of 0.8.7e-4

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

patch is in fact in the lucid package

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| cacti | * Upstream:   <http://www.cacti.net/download_patches.php> * Upstream:   <http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.7e/cross_site_fix.patch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4032)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4032)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4032)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4032)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4032>