| Name | CVE-2017-16652 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Symfony 2.7.x before 2.7.38, 2.8.x before 2.8.31, 3.2.x before 3.2.14, and 3.3.x before 3.3.13. DefaultAuthenticationSuccessHandler or DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler takes the content of the _target_path parameter and generates a redirect response, but no check is performed on the path, which could be an absolute URL to an external domain. This Open redirect vulnerability can be exploited for example to mount effective phishing attacks. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1707-1, DSA-4262-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| symfony (PTS) | bullseye | 4.4.19+dfsg-2+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.4.19+dfsg-2+deb11u7 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 5.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u4 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.4.21+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| symfony | source | jessie | 2.3.21+dfsg-4+deb8u4 | DLA-1707-1 | ||
| symfony | source | stretch | 2.8.7+dfsg-1.3+deb9u1 | DSA-4262-1 | ||
| symfony | source | (unstable) | 3.4.0+dfsg-1 |
https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2017-16652-open-redirect-vulnerability-on-security-handlers
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/24995
See CVE-2018-11408 to address original incomplete fix for CVE-2017-16652