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Ubuntu 7377-1: Smarty Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2025
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Smarty's flawed template sanitization can lead to crashes or code execution on Ubuntu. Update your system now for security.
Smarty could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Smarty could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially

crafted file.

Software Description:

- smarty4: The compiling PHP template engine

Details:

It was discovered that Smarty did not properly sanitize template file

names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Smarty to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

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security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu smarty

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
   smarty4                         4.3.1-1ubuntu0.24.10.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   smarty4                         4.3.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7377-1

  CVE-2024-35226

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7377-1

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security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu smarty

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smarty4/4.3.1-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smarty4/4.3.1-1ubuntu0.24.04.1

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