| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
| symfony/symfony | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.4.40≥ 7.0.0, < 7.4.12≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.12< 5.4.52 | 6.4.407.4.128.0.125.4.52 |
| symfony/yaml | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.4.40≥ 7.0.0, < 7.4.12≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.12< 5.4.52 | 6.4.407.4.128.0.125.4.52 |
| symfony | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.4.40≥ 7.0.0, < 7.4.12≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.12< 5.4.52 | 6.4.407.4.128.0.125.4.52 |
Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser::cleanup() strips the optional %YAML directive header, leading comments, and document start/end markers before parsing. The original regexes contained overlapping quantifiers, most notably '#^%YAML[: ][\d.]+.*\n#u', whose [\d.]+ and .* overlap on the dot, that exhibit catastrophic backtracking on crafted input. A single oversized %YAML directive header (or comment / document-marker line) makes the parser hang for an arbitrarily long time, denying service.
The four regexes in Parser::cleanup() (YAML directive header, leading comments, document-start marker, document-end marker) have been rewritten with possessive quantifiers and unambiguous character classes so backtracking cannot occur.
The patch for this issue is available here for branch 5.4.
Symfony would like to thank Pietro Tirenna (Shielder) for reporting the issue and Nicolas Grekas for fixing it.
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