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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Smarty vulnerabilities (USN-5348-2)

2023-10-2000:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu 16.04
esm
smarty vulnerabilities
php
cve-2021-21408
cve-2021-26119
cve-2021-26120
cve-2021-29454
nessus scanner

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.011

Percentile

84.8%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5348-2 advisory.

USN-5348-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Smarty. This update provides the fixes for CVE-2021-21408,     CVE-2021-26119, CVE-2021-26120 and CVE-2021-29454 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

David Gnedt and Thomas Konrad discovered that Smarty was incorrectly

sanitizing the paths present in the templates. An attacker could possibly

use this use to read arbitrary files when controlling the executed

template. (CVE-2018-13982)

It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly sanitizing the paths

present in the templates. An attacker could possibly use this use to read

arbitrary files when controlling the executed template. (CVE-2018-16831)

It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly validating security policy

data, allowing the execution of static classes even when not permitted by

the security settings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-21408)

It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly managing access control to

template objects, which allowed users to perform a sandbox escape. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to send specially crafted input to

applications that use Smarty and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-26119)

It was discovered that Smarty was not checking for special characters

when setting function names during plugin compile operations. An attacker

could possibly use this issue to send specially crafted input to

applications that use Smarty and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-26120)

It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly sanitizing characters in

math strings processed by the math function. An attacker could possibly

use this issue to send specially crafted input to applications that use

Smarty and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-29454)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5348-2. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(183613);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2021-21408",
    "CVE-2021-26119",
    "CVE-2021-26120",
    "CVE-2021-29454"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5348-2");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Smarty vulnerabilities (USN-5348-2)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-5348-2 advisory.

    USN-5348-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Smarty. This update provides the fixes for CVE-2021-21408,
    CVE-2021-26119, CVE-2021-26120 and CVE-2021-29454 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

    Original advisory details:

    David Gnedt and Thomas Konrad discovered that Smarty was incorrectly

    sanitizing the paths present in the templates. An attacker could possibly

    use this use to read arbitrary files when controlling the executed

    template. (CVE-2018-13982)

    It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly sanitizing the paths

    present in the templates. An attacker could possibly use this use to read

    arbitrary files when controlling the executed template. (CVE-2018-16831)

    It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly validating security policy

    data, allowing the execution of static classes even when not permitted by

    the security settings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

    execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-21408)

    It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly managing access control to

    template objects, which allowed users to perform a sandbox escape. An

    attacker could possibly use this issue to send specially crafted input to

    applications that use Smarty and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-26119)

    It was discovered that Smarty was not checking for special characters

    when setting function names during plugin compile operations. An attacker

    could possibly use this issue to send specially crafted input to

    applications that use Smarty and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-26120)

    It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly sanitizing characters in

    math strings processed by the math function. An attacker could possibly

    use this issue to send specially crafted input to applications that use

    Smarty and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-29454)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5348-2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected smarty3 package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-26120");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/02/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/03/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:smarty3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'smarty3', 'pkgver': '3.1.21-1ubuntu1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'smarty3');
}

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.011

Percentile

84.8%