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CVE-2016-4423GHSA-WHGV-8CG3-7HCM

The attemptAuthentication function in Component/Security/Http/Firewall/UsernamePasswordFormAuthenticationListener.php in Symfony before 2.3.

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Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.3.41, 2.7.13, 2.8.6, 3.0.6
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The attemptAuthentication function in Component/Security/Http/Firewall/UsernamePasswordFormAuthenticationListener.php in Symfony before 2.3.41, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.6, and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 does not limit the length of a username stored in a session, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session storage consumption) via a series of authentication attempts with long, non-existent usernames.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • symfony/security-httpPackagist

    From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.41

  • symfony/security-httpPackagist

    From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.7.13

  • symfony/security-httpPackagist

    From 2.8.0 · fixed in 2.8.6

  • symfony/security-httpPackagist

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.0.6

  • symfony/securityPackagist

    From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.41

  • symfony/securityPackagist

    From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.7.13

  • symfony/securityPackagist

    From 2.8.0 · fixed in 2.8.6

  • symfony/securityPackagist

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.0.6

  • symfony/symfonyPackagist

    From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.41

  • symfony/symfonyPackagist

    From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.7.13

  • symfony/symfonyPackagist

    From 2.8.0 · fixed in 2.8.6

  • symfony/symfonyPackagist

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.0.6

References 3

symfony.com

GitHub · symfony/symfony

debian.org