DSA-5151: -1 smarty3 -- security update

Published May 29, 2022
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Updated

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in smarty3, the compiling PHP template engine. Template authors are able to run restricted static php methods or even arbitrary PHP code by crafting a malicious math string or by choosing an invalid {block} or {include} file name. If a math string was passed through as user provided data to the math function, remote users were able to run arbitrary PHP code as well.

Affected Software

2 affected components
debian/smarty3
debian/smarty3

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade smarty3 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch DSA-5151-1

Event History

May 29, 2022
Advisory Published
12:00 AM

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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