CVE-2014-5244: Symfony vulnerable to denial of service via a malicious HTTP Host header

CVE-2014-5244 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-05-30

Symfony vulnerable to denial of service via a malicious HTTP Host header

Technologies: symfony/http-foundation (Packagist), symfony/symfony (Packagist). Vendors: Packagist.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2014-5244 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2014-5244 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2014-5244?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 30 May 2024.
Which products and versions are affected?
symfony/http-foundation (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.19; symfony/symfony (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.19.
Is there a fix for CVE-2014-5244?
Yes. symfony/http-foundation (Packagist): upgrade to 2.3.19 or later; symfony/symfony (Packagist): upgrade to 2.3.19 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2014-5244?
Check whether you run symfony/http-foundation (Packagist) or symfony/symfony (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • symfony/http-foundation (Packagist): upgrade to 2.3.19 or later
    composer require symfony/http-foundation:^2.3.19
  • symfony/symfony (Packagist): upgrade to 2.3.19 or later
    composer require symfony/symfony:^2.3.19

Affected products

  • symfony/http-foundation (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.19
  • symfony/symfony (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.19

Identifiers

  • CVE-2014-5244
  • GHSA-v77v-x634-9m56

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