Security Advisory SA44842 - Smarty "{fetch}" Tag Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

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Secunia Advisory SA44842

Smarty "{fetch}" Tag Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory

SA44842

Release Date

2011-06-09

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Security Bypass

Where

From remote

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Solution Status

Vendor Workaround

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Software:

Smarty 3.x

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Description

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

The vulnerability is caused due to the "{fetch}" tag not properly honoring the security policy, which can be exploited to e.g. bypass the "secure_dir" setting.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.0.8. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Fixed in the SVN repository.
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Provided and/or discovered by
willwoodlief

Original Advisory
http://www.smarty.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19291
http://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/detail?r=4119

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