CVE-2009-4499

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the get_history_lastid function in the nodewatcher component in Zabbix Server before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted request, possibly related to the send_history_last_id function in zabbix_server/trapper/nodehistory.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-10432 webapps multiple verified text · 2 KB

Nicob · 2009-12-14

Zabbix Server - Multiple Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

Zabbix Server : Multiple remote vulnerabilities From: Nicob <nicob () nicob net>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:28:35 +0100

From Wikipedia : "Zabbix is a network management system application

[...] designed to monitor and track the status of various network
services, servers, and other network hardware."

[Zabbix Server : Remote command execution]

Impacted software : Zabbix Server
Zabbix reference : https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-1030
Patched version : 1.8

Faulty source code : function node_process_command() in
zabbix_server/trapper/nodecommand.c

Changelog entry : fixed security vulnerability in server allowing remote
unauthenticated users to execute scripts

[Zabbix Server : Remote SQL execution]

Impacted software : Zabbix Server
Zabbix reference : https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-1031
Patched version : 1.6.8 (patch for 1.6.7 was insufficient)

Faulty source code : function send_history_last_id() in
zabbix_server/trapper/nodehistory.c

Changelog entry (1.6.7) : fixed security vulnerability in server,
allowing remote unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL queries
Changelog entry (1.6.8) : added more security checks for communication
between nodes

[Zabbix Server : Remote DoS (NULL deref)]

Impacted software : Zabbix Server
Zabbix reference : https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-993
Patched version : 1.6.6

Faulty source code : function process_trap() in
zabbix_server/trapper/trapper.c

Changelog entry : fixed possible vulnerability of trapper

[Zabbix Server : Remote DoS (NULL deref)]

Impacted software : Zabbix Server
Zabbix reference : https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-1355
Patched version : 1.6.8

Faulty source code : function zbx_get_next_field() in
libs/zbxcommon/str.c

Changelog entry : fixed possible server crash when receiving invalid
data

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1:1.8-1`
sid	Fixed	`1:1.8-1`
forky	Fixed	`1:1.8-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:1.8-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1:1.8-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4499

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.