GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-mcx4-f5f5-4859 Prevent cache poisoning via a Response Content-Type header in Symfony
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2020-5255
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- symfony/http-foundation, symfony/symfony
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-435
- Reviewed
- 2020-03-30
Affected packages
• Packagist symfony/http-foundation: >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.7 → fixed in 4.4.7
• Packagist symfony/http-foundation: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7 → fixed in 5.0.7
• Packagist symfony/symfony: >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.7 → fixed in 4.4.7
• Packagist symfony/symfony: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7 → fixed in 5.0.7
Description
Description
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When a `Response` does not contain a `Content-Type` header, Symfony falls back to the format defined in the `Accept` header of the request, leading to a possible mismatch between the response's content and `Content-Type` header. When the response is cached, this can lead to a corrupted cache where the cached format is not the right one.
Resolution
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Symfony does not use the `Accept` header anymore to guess the `Content-Type`.
The patch for this issue is available here for the 4.4 branch.
Credits
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I would like to thank Xavier Lacot from JoliCode for reporting & Yonel Ceruto and Tobias Schultze for fixing the issue.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2020-5255 In Symfony before versions 4.4.7 and 5.0.7, when a `Response` does not contain a `Content-Type` header, affected versions of Symfony can… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-435 Improper Interaction Between Multiple Correctly-Behaving Entities weakness
References
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-mcx4-f5f5-4859 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5255 advisory
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/dca343442e6a954f96a2609e7b4e9c21ed6d74e6 web
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2020-5255.yaml web
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2020-5255.yaml web
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C36JLPHUPKDFAX6D5WYFC4ALO2K7RDUQ web
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2020-5255-prevent-cache-poisoning-via-a-response-content-type-header web
- https://symfony.com/cve-2020-5255 web