CVSS2
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
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
Confidence
High
EPSS
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
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
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
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
84.8%