Debian DSA-4094-1 : smarty3 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106235

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Smarty, a PHP template engine, was vulnerable to code-injection attacks. An attacker was able to craft a filename in comments that could lead to arbitrary code execution on the host running Smarty.

Solution

Upgrade the smarty3 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.21-1+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106235

File Name: debian_DSA-4094.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:smarty3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000480

DSA: 4094

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