Fedora 9 : php-Smarty-2.6.25-1.fc9 (2009-5516)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 38932

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes :

- Bug #501564 - CVE-2009-1669 Smarty: arbitrary commands execution via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected php-Smarty package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501564

http://www.nessus.org/u?fa577a99

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 38932

File Name: fedora_2009-5516.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-smarty, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1669

BID: 34918

CWE: 20

FEDORA: 2009-5516