SB2011020303 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in smarty.php.net Smarty
Published: February 3, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011020303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5054)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Smarty before 3.0.0 beta 4 does not consider the umask value when setting the permissions of files, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.