By Drupal Security Team on
  • Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-168
  • Project: Services (third-party module)
  • Version: 6.x, 7.x
  • Date: 2012-11-28
  • Security risk: Moderately critical
  • Exploitable from: Remote
  • Vulnerability: Information Disclosure

Description

This module enables you to access content from a remote client.
The module doesn't sufficiently adhere to standard Drupal permissions and exposes users emails via the user index method.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker most know the path to the user resource and must be able to access user profiles (have 'access user profiles' permission).

CVE: CVE-2012-5586

Versions affected

  • Services 6.x-3.x versions prior to 6.x-3.3.
  • Services 7.x-3.x versions prior to 7.x-3.3.

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

Solution

Install the latest version:

Also see the Services project page.

Reported by

Fixed by

Coordinated by

Contact and More Information

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⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x, Drupal 7.x