[ GLSA 201405-25 ] Symfony: Information disclosure

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Symfony: Information disclosure (GLSA 201405-25)
Severity: low
Exploitable: remote
Date: May 18, 2014
Bug(s): #444696
ID: 201405-25

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Symfony may allow remote attackers to read
arbitrary files.


Background

Symfony is a professional, open-source PHP5 web development framework.

Affected Packages

Package: dev-php/symfony
Vulnerable: < 1.4.20
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Symfony does not properly sanitize input for upload requests.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted file upload request,
possibly resulting in disclosure of sensitive information.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Symfony. We recommend that users
unmerge Symfony: