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TITLE:
Smarty "regex_replace" Modifier Template Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14729

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14729/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Smarty 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4849/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Smarty, which can be exploited
by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "regex_replace"
modifier. This can be exploited to bypass the template security and
execute arbitrary PHP code via an affected application relying on the
template security features.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.8.
http://smarty.php.net/download.php

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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