CVE-2017-16790

NameCVE-2017-16790
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Symfony before 2.7.38, 2.8.31, 3.2.14, 3.3.13, 3.4-BETA5, and 4.0-BETA5. When a form is submitted by the user, the request handler classes of the Form component merge POST data and uploaded files data into one array. This big array forms the data that are then bound to the form. At this stage there is no difference anymore between submitted POST data and uploaded files. A user can send a crafted HTTP request where the value of a "FileType" is sent as normal POST data that could be interpreted as a local file path on the server-side (for example, "file:///etc/passwd"). If the application did not perform any additional checks about the value submitted to the "FileType", the contents of the given file on the server could have been exposed to the attacker.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4262-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
symfony (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.3.21+dfsg-4+deb8u6fixed
stretch (security)2.8.7+dfsg-1.3+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.8.7+dfsg-1.3+deb9u5fixed
buster3.4.22+dfsg-2+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)3.4.22+dfsg-2+deb10u3fixed
bullseye4.4.19+dfsg-2+deb11u4fixed
bookworm5.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie6.4.5+dfsg-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
symfonysourcejessie(not affected)
symfonysourcestretch2.8.7+dfsg-1.3+deb9u1DSA-4262-1
symfonysource(unstable)3.4.0+dfsg-1

Notes

[jessie] - symfony <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 2.4.*)
https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2017-16790-ensure-that-submitted-data-are-uploaded-files
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/24993

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