HighGHSA-whgv-8cg3-7hcmCVE-2016-4423

Symphony Denial of Service Via Overlong Usernames

Published 17 May 2022 · Updated 8 Dec 2024

Affected packages

symfony/security-httpComposer

Affected: >=2.3.0 <2.3.41
Fixed in: 2.3.41

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security-http:^2.3.41

symfony/security-httpComposer

Affected: >=2.4.0 <2.7.13
Fixed in: 2.7.13

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security-http:^2.7.13

symfony/security-httpComposer

Affected: >=2.8.0 <2.8.6
Fixed in: 2.8.6

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security-http:^2.8.6

symfony/security-httpComposer

Affected: >=3.0.0 <3.0.6
Fixed in: 3.0.6

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security-http:^3.0.6

symfony/securityComposer

Affected: >=2.3.0 <2.3.41
Fixed in: 2.3.41

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security:^2.3.41

symfony/securityComposer

Affected: >=2.4.0 <2.7.13
Fixed in: 2.7.13

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security:^2.7.13

symfony/securityComposer

Affected: >=2.8.0 <2.8.6
Fixed in: 2.8.6

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security:^2.8.6

symfony/securityComposer

Affected: >=3.0.0 <3.0.6
Fixed in: 3.0.6

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/security:^3.0.6

symfony/symfonyComposer

Affected: >=2.3.0 <2.3.41
Fixed in: 2.3.41

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/symfony:^2.3.41

symfony/symfonyComposer

Affected: >=2.4.0 <2.7.13
Fixed in: 2.7.13

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/symfony:^2.7.13

symfony/symfonyComposer

Affected: >=2.8.0 <2.8.6
Fixed in: 2.8.6

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/symfony:^2.8.6

symfony/symfonyComposer

Affected: >=3.0.0 <3.0.6
Fixed in: 3.0.6

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require symfony/symfony:^3.0.6

Details

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.

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References

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), refreshed daily.