Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1707-1 symfony -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

09 Mar 2019

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-16652, CVE-2017-16654, CVE-2018-11385, CVE-2018-11408, CVE-2018-14773, CVE-2018-19789, CVE-2018-19790.

More information:

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in symfony, a PHP web application framework. Numerous symfony components are affected: Security, bundle readers, session handling, SecurityBundle, HttpFoundation, Form, and Security\Http.

The corresponding upstream advisories contain further details:

[CVE-2017-16652] https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2017-16652-open-redirect-vulnerability-on-security-handlers

[CVE-2017-16654] https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2017-16654-intl-bundle-readers-breaking-out-of-paths

[CVE-2018-11385] https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11385-session-fixation-issue-for-guard-authentication

[CVE-2018-11408] https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11408-open-redirect-vulnerability-on-security-handlers

[CVE-2018-14773] https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-14773-remove-support-for-legacy-and-risky-http-headers

[CVE-2018-19789] https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-19789-disclosure-of-uploaded-files-full-path

[CVE-2018-19790] https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-19790-open-redirect-vulnerability-when-using-security-http

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.21+dfsg-4+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your symfony packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS