CVE-2014-6061 (Medium) detected in symfony/symfony-v2.3.1

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CVE-2014-6061 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - symfony/symfony-v2.3.1

The Symfony PHP framework

Library home page: https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/symfony/zipball/0902c606b4df1161f5b786ae89f37b71380b1f23

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **symfony/symfony-v2.3.1** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9505f4ca92405cc9273dc3726c2d274ce28a4407

Found in base branch: ALL_HANDS/major-secrets

Vulnerability Details

Symfony before 2.3.19, 2.4.9, 2.5.4 is vulnerable to security issue when parsing the Authorization header. When an application uses an HTTP basic or digest authentication, Symfony does not parse the Authorization header properly, which could be exploited in some server setups (no exploits have been demonstrated though.)

Publish Date: 2020-07-21

URL: CVE-2014-6061

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2014-6061-security-issue-when-parsing-the-authorization-header

Release Date: 2020-07-21

Fix Resolution: v2.3.19,v2.4.9,v2.5.4

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