GLSA-200503-35 : Smarty: Template vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 17665

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-35 (Smarty: Template vulnerability)

A vulnerability has been discovered within the regex_replace modifier of the Smarty templates when allowing access to untrusted users.
Furthermore, it was possible to call functions from {if} statements and {math} functions.
Impact :

These issues may allow a remote attacker to bypass the 'template security' feature of Smarty, and execute arbitrary PHP code.
Workaround :

Do not grant template access to untrusted users.

Solution

All Smarty users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-php/smarty-2.6.9'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17665

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-35.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/1/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:smarty, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0913

GLSA: 200503-35

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