CVE-2021-41270

symfony: Symfony/Serializer handles serializing and deserializing data structures for Symfony, a PHP framework for web and con...

CVE-2021-41270 is fixed in 64 products on 1 platform, first by php-symfony 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1, released November 24, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0140
72nd percentile

Symfony/Serializer handles serializing and deserializing data structures for Symfony, a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Symfony versions 4.1.0 before 4.4.35 and versions 5.0.0 before 5.3.12 are vulnerable to CSV injection, also known as formula injection. In Symfony 4.1, maintainers added the opt-in `csv_escape_formulas` option in the `CsvEncoder`, to prefix all cells starting with `=`, `+`, `-` or `@` with a tab `\t`. Since then, OWASP added 2 chars in that list: Tab (0x09) and Carriage return (0x0D). This makes the previous prefix char (Tab `\t`) part of the vulnerable characters, and OWASP suggests using the single quote `'` for prefixing the value. Starting with versions 4.4.34 and 5.3.12, Symfony now follows the OWASP recommendations and uses the single quote `'` to prefix formulas and add the prefix to cells starting by `\t`, `\r` as well as `=`, `+`, `-` and `@`.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
php-symfony · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-amazon-mailer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-amazon-mailer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-asset · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-asset 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-browser-kit · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-browser-kit 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-cache · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-cache 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-config · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-config 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-console · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-console 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-css-selector · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-css-selector 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-debug · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-debug 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-debug-bundle · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-debug-bundle 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-dependency-injection · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-dependency-injection 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-doctrine-bridge · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-doctrine-bridge 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-dom-crawler · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-dom-crawler 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-dotenv · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-dotenv 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-event-dispatcher · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-event-dispatcher 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-expression-language · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-expression-language 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-filesystem · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-filesystem 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-finder · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-finder 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-form · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-form 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-framework-bundle · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-framework-bundle 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-google-mailer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-google-mailer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-http-client · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-http-client 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-http-foundation · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-http-foundation 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-http-kernel · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-http-kernel 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-inflector · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-inflector 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-intl · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-intl 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-ldap · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-ldap 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-lock · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-lock 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-mailchimp-mailer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-mailchimp-mailer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-mailer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-mailer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-mailgun-mailer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-mailgun-mailer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-messenger · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-messenger 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-mime · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-mime 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-monolog-bridge · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-monolog-bridge 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-options-resolver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-options-resolver 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-phpunit-bridge · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-phpunit-bridge 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-postmark-mailer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-postmark-mailer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-process · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-process 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-property-access · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-property-access 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-property-info · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-property-info 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-proxy-manager-bridge · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-proxy-manager-bridge 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-routing · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-routing 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-security · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-security 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-security-bundle · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-security-bundle 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-security-core · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-security-core 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-security-csrf · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-security-csrf 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-security-guard · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-security-guard 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-security-http · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-security-http 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-sendgrid-mailer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-sendgrid-mailer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-serializer · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-serializer 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-stopwatch · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-stopwatch 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-templating · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-templating 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-translation · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-translation 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-twig-bridge · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-twig-bridge 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-twig-bundle · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-twig-bundle 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-validator · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-validator 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-var-dumper · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-var-dumper 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-var-exporter · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-var-exporter 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-web-link · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-web-link 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-web-profiler-bundle · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-web-profiler-bundle 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-web-server-bundle · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-web-server-bundle 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-workflow · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-workflow 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
php-symfony-yaml · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 php-symfony-yaml 4.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 Nov 24, 2021
symfony · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 4.4.19+dfsg-3 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41270 Nov 24, 2021
symfony · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 4.4.19+dfsg-3 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41270 Nov 24, 2021
symfony · Debian 14 4.4.19+dfsg-3 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41270 Nov 24, 2021

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