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CVE-2008-4811

Publication date 31 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The _expand_quoted_text function in libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php in Smarty 2.6.20 r2797 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors related to templates and a \ (backslash) before a dollar-sign character.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gallery2 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
moodle 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.8.2-1.2ubuntu2.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.2
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
smarty 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

moodle and gallery2 have embedded smarty it seems this issue is unfixed as of 2009-04-28

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-791-1
    • Moodle vulnerabilities
    • 24 June 2009

Other references