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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201405-25 ] Symfony: Information disclosure
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:01:12
Message-Id: 5378F40B.7000800@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-25
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: Symfony: Information disclosure
9 Date: May 18, 2014
10 Bugs: #444696
11 ID: 201405-25
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in Symfony may allow remote attackers to read arbitrary
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21 Background
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24 Symfony is a professional, open-source PHP5 web development framework.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-php/symfony < 1.4.20 Vulnerable!
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34 NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
35 to another package if one is available or wait for the
36 existing packages to be marked stable by their
37 architecture maintainers.
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39 Description
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42 Symfony does not properly sanitize input for upload requests.
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44 Impact
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47 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted file upload request,
48 possibly resulting in disclosure of sensitive information.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 Gentoo has discontinued support for Symfony. We recommend that users
59 unmerge Symfony:
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61 # emerge --unmerge "dev-php/symfony"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2012-5574
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5574
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-25.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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