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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-25
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Severity: Low
Title: Symfony: Information disclosure
Date: May 18, 2014
Bugs: #444696
ID: 201405-25
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Symfony may allow remote attackers to read arbitrary
files.
Background
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Symfony is a professional, open-source PHP5 web development framework.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-php/symfony < 1.4.20 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.
Description
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Symfony does not properly sanitize input for upload requests.
Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted file upload request,
possibly resulting in disclosure of sensitive information.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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Gentoo has discontinued support for Symfony. We recommend that users
unmerge Symfony:
# emerge --unmerge "dev-php/symfony"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-5574
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5574
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-25.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
