• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-132
  • Project: Announcements (third-party module)
  • Version: 6.x
  • Date: 2012-August-29
  • Security risk: Moderately critical
  • Exploitable from: Remote
  • Vulnerability: Access bypass

Description

The Announcements module creates an "announcement" content type and provides both node views and block lists.

The module doesn't sufficiently check node access under certain conditions.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "access announcements".

CVE: Requested

Versions affected

  • Announcements 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.5.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Announcements module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

Also see the Announcements project page.

Reported by

Fixed by

Coordinated by

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