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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11407

An issue was discovered in the Ldap component in Symfony 2.8.x before 2.8.37, 3.3.x before 3.3.17, 3.4.x before 3.4.7, and 4.0.x before 4.0.7. It allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with a "null" password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-2403.

Products
symfony
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.4.12+dfsg-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-11407
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11407

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Jun 2018, 16:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in the Ldap component in Symfony 2.8.x before 2.8.37, 3.3.x before 3.3.17, 3.4.x before 3.4.7, and 4.0.x before 4.0.7. It allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with a "null" password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-2403.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11407

symfony

Fixed versions: 3.4.12+dfsg-1

symfony

Fixed versions: 3.4.12+dfsg-1

symfony

Fixed versions: 3.4.12+dfsg-1

Complete source record
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