Symfony DoS
Published 14 May 2022 · Updated 17 Feb 2024
Affected packages
- Affected
- >=2.7.0 <2.7.48
- Fixed in
- 2.7.48
composer require symfony/symfony:^2.7.48- Affected
- >=2.8.0 <2.8.41
- Fixed in
- 2.8.41
composer require symfony/symfony:^2.8.41- Affected
- >=3.3.0 <3.3.17
- Fixed in
- 3.3.17
composer require symfony/symfony:^3.3.17- Affected
- >=3.4.0 <3.4.11
- Fixed in
- 3.4.11
composer require symfony/symfony:^3.4.11- Affected
- >=4.0.0 <4.0.11
- Fixed in
- 4.0.11
composer require symfony/symfony:^4.0.11- Affected
- >=2.7.0 <2.7.48
- Fixed in
- 2.7.48
composer require symfony/http-foundation:^2.7.48- Affected
- >=2.8.0 <2.8.41
- Fixed in
- 2.8.41
composer require symfony/http-foundation:^2.8.41- Affected
- >=3.3.0 <3.3.17
- Fixed in
- 3.3.17
composer require symfony/http-foundation:^3.3.17- Affected
- >=3.4.0 <3.4.11
- Fixed in
- 3.4.11
composer require symfony/http-foundation:^3.4.11- Affected
- >=4.0.0 <4.0.11
- Fixed in
- 4.0.11
composer require symfony/http-foundation:^4.0.11Details
An issue was discovered in the HttpFoundation component in Symfony 2.7.x before 2.7.48, 2.8.x before 2.8.41, 3.3.x before 3.3.17, 3.4.x before 3.4.11, and 4.0.x before 4.0.11. The PDOSessionHandler class allows storing sessions on a PDO connection. Under some configurations and with a well-crafted payload, it was possible to do a denial of service on a Symfony application without too much resources.
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References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
- Linkgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
- Linkgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
- Packagegithub.com/symfony/symfony
- Linklists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV
- Linklists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW
- Linklists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH
- Linksymfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11386-denial-of-service-when-using-pdosessionhandler
- Linksymfony.com/cve-2018-11386
- Linkwww.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262
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