View online: http://drupal.org/node/1619808 * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-091 * Project: Tokenauth [1] (third-party module) * Version: 6.x * Date: 2012-June-06 * Security risk: Moderately critical [2] * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Access bypass -------- DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------- The Token Authentication module provides a token for use in the URL to authenticate users to a site. Under certain uncommon situations, the module may not revert a user's session properly. Depending on how tokenauth is used, this could result in subsequent requests being performed as a user with additional privileges when they shouldn't. CVE: Requested -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED --------------------------------------------------- * Tokenauth 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.7. Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Token Authentication [3] module, there is nothing you need to do. -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------ Install the latest version: * If you use the Tokenauth module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Tokenauth 6.x-1.7 [4] Also see the Tokenauth [5] project page. -------- REPORTED BY --------------------------------------------------------- * John Morahan [6] of the Drupal Security Team -------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------ * Adam Ross [7] the module maintainer -------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION ---------------------------------------- The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact [8]. Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [9], writing secure code for Drupal [10], and securing your site [11]. [1] http://drupal.org/project/tokenauth [2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels [3] http://drupal.org/project/tokenauth [4] http://drupal.org/node/1618476 [5] http://drupal.org/project/tokenauth [6] http://drupal.org/user/58170 [7] http://drupal.org/user/346868 [8] http://drupal.org/contact [9] http://drupal.org/security-team [10] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code [11] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration _______________________________________________ Security-news mailing list Security-news@drupal.org http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/security-news _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/