UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16831

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16831

    Published: 11 Sept 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16831
    Aliases:
    USN-5348-1

    Summary:

    Details: Smarty before 3.1.33-dev-4 allows attackers to bypass the trusted_dir protection mechanism via a file:./../ substring in an include statement.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16831, https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/486, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5348-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16831

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: smarty3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-2
    3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High