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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.1060
A vulnerability has been identified in Relevant Content
(Drupal third-party module)
18 November 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Relevant Content (Drupal third-party module)
Publisher: Drupal
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Original Bulletin:
http://drupal.org/node/975094
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* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-104
* Project: Relevant Content (third-party module)
* Version: 5.x, 6.x
* Date: 2010-November-17
* Security risk: Less critical
* Exploitable from: Remote
* Vulnerability: Information Disclosure
- -------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------
The Relevant Content module provides a block and CCK field which contain
links to other nodes on the site which are considered "relevant" to the
current nodes based on number of shared taxonomy terms. The Relevant Content
module does not implement node access logic properly, resulting in the
disclosure of node titles and relationships between nodes that the user
cannot normally access.
- -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------
* Relevant Content module for Drupal 5.x versions prior to 5.x-1.4
* Relevant Content module for Drupal 6.x versions prior to 6.x-1.5
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Relevant
Content [1] module, there is nothing you need to do.
- -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------
Install the latest version:
* If you use the Relevant Content module for Drupal 5.x upgrade to Relevant
Content 5.x-1.4 [2]
* If you use the Relevant Content module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Relevant
Content 6.x-1.5 [3]
See also the Relevant Content project page [4].
- -------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
* Szymon Nitka [5]
- -------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------
* Nicholas Thompson [6], module maintainer
- -------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION ----------------------------------------
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the
form at http://drupal.org/contact. Learn more about the team and their
policies [7], writing secure code for Drupal [8], and secure configuration
[9] of your site.
[1] http://drupal.org/project/relevant_content
[2] http://drupal.org/node/974672
[3] http://drupal.org/node/974668
[4] http://drupal.org/project/relevant_content
[5] http://drupal.org/user/171725
[6] http://drupal.org/user/59351
[7] http://drupal.org/security-team
[8] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[9] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
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