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title: "CVE-2008-1066\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-1066

Publication date 28 February 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The modifier.regex\_replace.php plugin in Smarty before 2.6.19, as used by
Serendipity (S9Y) and other products, allows attackers to call arbitrary
PHP functions via templates, related to a '\0' character in a search
string.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gallery2 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| smarty | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.6.18-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.6.14-1ubuntu0.7.04.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.6.14-1ubuntu0.6.10.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.11-1ubuntu0.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1066?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| gallery2 | * Other:   <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469492> |
| smarty | * Other:   <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469492> * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smarty/+bug/202422> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1066)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1066)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1066)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1066)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1066>