Drupal View User Profile Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

BID:15674

Info

Drupal View User Profile Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15674
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3974
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 01 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 07 2006 08:54PM
Credit: Andrew Widdowson is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Drupal Drupal 4.6.3
Drupal Drupal 4.6.2
Drupal Drupal 4.6.1
Drupal Drupal 4.6
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: Drupal Drupal 4.6.4

Discussion

Drupal View User Profile Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Drupal is prone to an authorization-bypass vulnerability. This issue is due to an unspecified error when the application is running under PHP5.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass permissions and gain access to user profiles; this may result in information disclosure.

Exploit / POC

Drupal View User Profile Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Drupal View User Profile Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:

Debian Linux has released security advisory DSA 958-1 addressing this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

The vendor has released an update addressing this issue:


Drupal Drupal 4.6

Drupal Drupal 4.6.1

Drupal Drupal 4.6.2

Drupal Drupal 4.6.3

References

Drupal View User Profile Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

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