CVE-2018-11406
Description
An issue was discovered in the Security component in Symfony 2.7.x before 2.7.48, 2.8.x before 2.8.41, 3.3.x before 3.3.17, 3.4.x before 3.4.11, and 4.0.x before 4.0.11. By default, a user's session is invalidated when the user is logged out. This behavior can be disabled through the invalidate_session option. In this case, CSRF tokens were not erased during logout which allowed for CSRF token fixation.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.4.12+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.4.12+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.4.12+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.4.12+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.4.12+dfsg-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >=2.7.0,<2.7.48 | 2.7.48 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >=2.8.0,<2.8.41 | 2.8.41 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >=3.0.0,<3.3.17 | 3.3.17 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >=3.4.0,<3.4.11 | 3.4.11 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >=4.0.0,<4.0.11 | 4.0.11 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-bundle | >=2.7.0,<2.7.48 | 2.7.48 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-bundle | >=2.8.0,<2.8.41 | 2.8.41 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-bundle | >=3.0.0,<3.3.17 | 3.3.17 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-bundle | >=3.4.0,<3.4.11 | 3.4.11 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-bundle | >=4.0.0,<4.0.11 | 4.0.11 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-http | >=2.7.0,<2.7.48 | 2.7.48 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-http | >=2.8.0,<2.8.41 | 2.8.41 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-http | >=3.0.0,<3.3.17 | 3.3.17 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-http | >=3.4.0,<3.4.11 | 3.4.11 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-http | >=4.0.0,<4.0.11 | 4.0.11 |
| Packagist | symfony/security | >=2.7.0,<2.7.48 | 2.7.48 |
| Packagist | symfony/security | >=2.8.0,<2.8.41 | 2.8.41 |
| Packagist | symfony/security | >=3.0.0,<3.3.17 | 3.3.17 |
| Packagist | symfony/security | >=3.4.0,<3.4.11 | 3.4.11 |
| Packagist | symfony/security | >=4.0.0,<4.0.11 | 4.0.11 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11406
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/319e1bdd43979d9c1559497de8d69adea28ab8d1
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/security-bundle/CVE-2018-11406.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/security-http/CVE-2018-11406.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/security/CVE-2018-11406.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2018-11406.yaml
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11406-csrf-token-fixation
- https://symfony.com/cve-2018-11406
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11406
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.