UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16831

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16831
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16831.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16831
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Published
2018-09-11T13:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:45Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / smarty3

Package

Name
smarty3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/smarty3@3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.31+20161214.1.c7d42e4+selfpack1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "smarty3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16831.json"