Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20164423000
Revision Date:2016-06-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-4423 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
Description:The attemptAuthentication function in Component/Security/Http/Firewall/UsernamePasswordFormAuthenticationListener.php in Symfony before 2.3.41, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.6, and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 does not limit the length of a username stored in a session, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session storage consumption) via a series of authentication attempts with long, non-existent usernames.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-4423
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND The 'symfony' package in artful is affected and needs fixing.
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