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Gentoo: GLSA-202209-09 Normal: Smarty Multiple RCE Issues

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security weaknesses identified in Smarty for Gentoo lead to urgent updates aimed at mitigating possible remote code execution threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Smarty, the worst of which could result in remote code execution

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Smarty. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue software update remote code execution normal severity Smarty

Resolution

All Smarty users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/smarty-4.2.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-25047 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25047 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-21408 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21408 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-29454 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29454 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-29221 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29221

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-09
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Smarty: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 25, 2022
Bugs: #830980, #845180, #870100
ID: 202209-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue software update remote code execution normal severity Smarty

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Smarty, the worst of which could result in remote code execution

Background

Smarty is a template engine for PHP. The "template security" feature of Smarty is designed to help reduce the risk of a system compromise when you have untrusted parties editing templates.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-php/smarty < 4.2.1 >= 4.2.1

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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