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Medium USN-5290-1 2 CVEs

symfony vulnerabilities

Published Aug 24, 2022 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

James Isaac and Mathias Brodala discovered that Symfony incorrectly handled
switch users functionality. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
enumerate users. (CVE-2021-21424)

It was discovered that Symfony incorrectly handled certain specially crafted
CSV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-41270)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS symfony 3.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS symfony 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Medium 6.5

    CSV Injection in Symfony

    Symfony/Serializer handles serializing and deserializing data structures for Symfony, a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Symfony versions 4.1.0 before 4.4.35 and versions 5.0.0 before 5.3.12 are vulnerable t…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2021-21424 Public exploit

    Prevent user enumeration using Guard or the new Authenticator-based Security

    Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. The ability to enumerate users was possible without relevant permissions due to different handling depending on whether the user existed or not when attempting t…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-21424
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41270