CVE-2016-2403 (GCVE-0-2016-2403)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-07 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
VLAI
Summary
Symfony before 2.8.6 and 3.x before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with an empty password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://symfony.com/blog/cve-2016-2403-unauthorize… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96137 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2016-05-09 00:00
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