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title: "CVE-2009-4112\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-4112

Publication date 30 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

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

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## Description

Cacti 0.8.7e and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to gain
privileges by modifying the "Data Input Method" for the "Linux - Get Memory
Usage" setting to contain arbitrary commands.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4112?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cacti | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 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)

## Notes

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

per Debian, not a security issue because the admin is expected to be
able to define such Data Input Methods.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4112)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4112)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4112)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4112)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4112>