CVE-2017-11365: Empty passwords validation issue

July 17, 2017 · Published by Avatar of Fabien Potencier Fabien Potencier

Affected versions

Symfony 2.7.30, 2.7.31, 2.8.23, 2.8.24, 3.2.10, 3.2.11, 3.3.3, and 3.3.4 versions of the Symfony Security component are affected by this security issue.

The issue has been fixed in Symfony 2.7.32, 2.8.25, 3.2.12, and 3.3.5.

Description

When fixing issue 23319 with 23341, we inadvertently introduced a security issue.

After the "fix", validating a user password with a UserPassword constraint but with no NotBlank constraint would pass without any error as previously (the empty password would not be compared with the user password). You should always be explicit and add a NotBlank constraint, but as it worked before without, we considered it as a BC break and a security issue.

Resolution

The fix re-adds the error message when submitting an empty password.

The patch for this issue is available here.

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Comments

Avatar of Alex Rock
Alex Rock Certified said on Jul 17, 2017
Minor typo in your post: "NotBlack" should be "NotBlank" :)
Avatar of Craig Stanton
Craig Stanton said on Jul 17, 2017
I think you mean this is fixed in 2.8.25.

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