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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0273 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New smarty packages fix arbitrary code execution
17 March 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: smarty
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-1066
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1520
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running smarty check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1520-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
March 16, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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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
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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
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.9-1sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 870 3c1955d0151a53532dab661fb9a9b7b3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 141694 4ee0048de6a9b35f1b11b458493327f2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.9-1sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3502 b1835fb9b611eb5ef3f26f23c21fbdbb
Architecture independent packages:
http://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
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.14-1etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 950 fa71b68819fe520b5616eec683276fdf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.14.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 144986 9186796ddbc29191306338dea9d632a0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/smarty/smarty_2.6.14-1etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3814 8544db24358f72e091898f45c9fbc961
Architecture independent packages:
http://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.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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