CVE-2013-4751 Symfony collectionCascaded and collectionCascadedDeeply fields security bypass

High 8.1 Published Updated

The Symfony Validator library loses information during serialization, potentially allowing attackers to modify data integrity.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-4751?

CVE-2013-4751 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 1 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

php-symfony2-Validator has loss of information during serialization

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4751?

16 open source packages ship an affected version, including symfony/symfony and symfony/validator. It affects 3 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.0.02.0.24
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.0.02.0.24
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.1.02.1.12
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.1.02.1.12
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.2.02.2.5
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.2.02.2.5
10 more packages
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.3.02.3.3
symfony/symfony PackagistFrom 2.3.02.3.3
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.0.02.0.24
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.0.02.0.24
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.1.02.1.12
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.1.02.1.12
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.2.02.2.5
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.2.02.2.5
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.3.02.3.3
symfony/validator PackagistFrom 2.3.02.3.3

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Sensiolabs Symfony.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4751?

Upgrade symfony/symfony to a fixed version for your release line: 2.0.24, 2.1.12, 2.2.5 or 2.3.3.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2013-4751 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4751 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q8j7-fjh7-25v5.

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