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Debian DSA-1919-1 : smarty - several vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 44784
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Smarty, a PHP templating engine. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2008-4810 The _expand_quoted_text function allows for certain restrictions in templates, like function calling and PHP execution, to be bypassed.
- CVE-2009-1669 The smarty_function_math function allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function.
Solution
Upgrade the smarty package.For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.14-1etch2.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.20-1.2.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504328
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529810
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4810
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 44784
File Name: debian_DSA-1919.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:smarty, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4810, CVE-2009-1669