Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0913 - Remote PHP Script Execution vulnerability in Smarty Template Engine

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
smarty
nessus

Summary

Unknown vulnerability in the regex_replace modifier (modifier.regex_replace.php) in Smarty before 2.6.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200503-35.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-35 (Smarty: Template vulnerability) A vulnerability has been discovered within the regex_replace modifier of the Smarty templates when allowing access to untrusted users. Furthermore, it was possible to call functions from {if} statements and {math} functions. Impact : These issues may allow a remote attacker to bypass the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id17665
published2005-04-01
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17665
titleGLSA-200503-35 : Smarty: Template vulnerability
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-35.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(17665);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0913");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200503-35");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200503-35 : Smarty: Template vulnerability");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-35
(Smarty: Template vulnerability)

    A vulnerability has been discovered within the regex_replace modifier
    of the Smarty templates when allowing access to untrusted users.
    Furthermore, it was possible to call functions from {if} statements and
    {math} functions.
  
Impact :

    These issues may allow a remote attacker to bypass the 'template
    security' feature of Smarty, and execute arbitrary PHP code.
  
Workaround :

    Do not grant template access to untrusted users."
  );
  # http://smarty.php.net/misc/NEWS
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b3cc0ecf"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-35"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Smarty users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-php/smarty-2.6.9'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:smarty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/03/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/04/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/03/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-php/smarty", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.6.9"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.6.9"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Smarty");
}