full-disclosure - [PLSA 2008-62] Smarty: Security Bypass

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Message-ID: <4911410B.1030907@pardus.org.tr>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:45:31 +0200
From: Pınar Yanardağ <pinar@...dus.org.tr>
To: pardus-security@...dus.org.tr
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: [PLSA 2008-62] Smarty: Security Bypass

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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-62            security@...dus.org.tr
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      Date: 2008-11-05
  Severity: 1
      Type: Remote
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Summary
=======

A vulnerability has been reported in Smarty, which can be exploited  by 
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. 

Description
===========

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing  data  with 
embedded  variables. This  can  be  exploited  to  potentially  execute 
arbitrary PHP code. 

Affected packages:

  Pardus 2008:
    Smarty, all before 2.6.20-6-3

Resolution
==========

There are update(s) for Smarty. You can update them via Package Manager 
or with a single command from console: 

    pisi up Smarty

References
==========

  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=8567
  * http://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/diff?spec=svn2797&r=2797&format=side&path=/trunk/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
  * http://smarty-php.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/NEWS

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-- 
Pardus Security Team
http://security.pardus.org.tr

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