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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0475
Heartbeat (Drupal Third Party-Module): Multiple Vulnerabilities
26 May 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Heartbeat (Drupal third-party module)
Publisher: Drupal
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Administrator Compromise -- Existing Account
Cross-site Scripting -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2010-2048
Original Bulletin:
http://drupal.org/node/803570
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* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-051
* Project: Heartbeat (third-party module)
* Version: 6.x
* Date: 2010-May-19
* Security risk: Critical
* Exploitable from: Remote
* Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
The Heartbeat project contains a suite of modules to display user activity
on a website. These modules do not properly sanitize some of their output,
allowing certain users the ability to insert arbitrary HTML and script code.
Such a cross site scripting (XSS) attack may lead to a malicious user
gaining full administrative access. Depending on how the modules are
configured, this vulnerability may extend to relatively unprivileged
users, such as those with the ability to post comments, user "shouts"
or other content.
Versions affected
* Heartbeat for Drupal 6.x versions prior to 6.x-4.9
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Heartbeat
modules, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
* If you use the Heartbeat module for Drupal 6.x, update to
Heartbeat 6.x-4.9.
See also the Heartbeat project page.
Reported by
Some aspects of the vulnerability were reported by Sebastian
Szalachowski, and others were reported by Jochen Stals (Stalski), the
module maintainer.
Fixed by
Jochen Stals (Stalski), the module maintainer, and David Rothstein of
the Drupal Security Team
Contact
The security team for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or
via the form at http://drupal.org/contact.
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