Debian: New smarty packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian: New smarty packages fix arbitrary code execution
It was discovered that the regex module in Smarty, a PHP templating engine,
allows attackers to call arbitrary PHP functions via templates using the
regex_replace plugin by a specially crafted search string.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1520-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst March 16, 2008 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : smarty Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-1066 Debian Bug : 469492 It was discovered that the regex module in Smarty, a PHP templating engine, allows attackers to call arbitrary PHP functions via templates using the regex_replace plugin by a specially crafted search string. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.14-1etch1. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.9-1sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.18-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your smarty package. Upgrade instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.9-1sarge1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 870 3c1955d0151a53532dab661fb9a9b7b3 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 141694 4ee0048de6a9b35f1b11b458493327f2 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.9-1sarge1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3502 b1835fb9b611eb5ef3f26f23c21fbdbb Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.9-1sarge1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 177048 39408bb8ec42a25956990f2e81bd2d7e Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - ------------------------------- Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.14-1etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 950 fa71b68819fe520b5616eec683276fdf https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.14.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 144986 9186796ddbc29191306338dea9d632a0 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.14-1etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3814 8544db24358f72e091898f45c9fbc961 Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.14-1etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 184654 d2c9b4a558a052ab1c96bbdadfedafa5 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.