Resource Management Errors Affecting symfony package, versions <2.8.6+dfsg-1
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- published1 Jun 2016
- disclosed1 Jun 2016
Introduced: 1 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-4423 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 symfony to version 2.8.6+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream symfony package and not the symfony package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.