Drupal URL information disclosure

drupal-url-information-disclosure (51503) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Drupal could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when an anonymous user fails to login due to mistyping his username or password and the page he is on contains a sortable table, the (incorrect) username and password are included in links on the table. By persuading a victim to visit these links, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to leak passwords to external sites via the HTTP referer.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 4.3
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Medium
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 3.2
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Obtain Information

Remedy:

Refer to DRUPAL-SA-CORE-2009-007 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

For vbDrupal:
Update to the latest version of vbDrupal (5.19.0 or later), available from SourceForge.net: Files. See References.

References:

  • DRUPAL-SA-CORE-2009-007: SA-CORE-2009-007 - Drupal core - Multiple vulnerabilities.
  • SourceForge.net: Files: vbDrupal, File Release Notes and Changelog, Release Name: 5.19.0.
  • BID-35548: Drupal Cross-Site Scripting, Code Injection and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2009-2374: Drupal 5.x before 5.19 and 6.x before 6.13 does not properly sanitize failed login attempts for pages that contain a sortable table, which includes the username and password in links that can be read from (1) the HTTP referer header of external web sites that are visited from those links or (2) when page caching is enabled, the Drupal page cache.
  • DSA-1930: drupal6 -- several vulnerabilities
  • SA35657: Drupal URL Information Disclosure Security Issue
  • SA35681: Drupal Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA35704: vbDrupal URL Information Disclosure Security Issue

Platforms Affected:

  • Debian Debian Linux 5.0
  • Drupal Drupal 5.0
  • Drupal Drupal 5.1 Rev1.1
  • Drupal Drupal 5.1
  • Drupal Drupal 5.10
  • Drupal Drupal 5.11
  • Drupal Drupal 5.12
  • Drupal Drupal 5.13
  • Drupal Drupal 5.14
  • Drupal Drupal 5.15
  • Drupal Drupal 5.16
  • Drupal Drupal 5.17
  • Drupal Drupal 5.18
  • Drupal Drupal 6.0
  • Drupal Drupal 6.1
  • Drupal Drupal 6.10
  • Drupal Drupal 6.11
  • Drupal Drupal 6.12
  • Drupal Drupal 6.2
  • Drupal Drupal 6.3
  • Drupal Drupal 6.4
  • Drupal Drupal 6.5
  • Drupal Drupal 6.6
  • Drupal Drupal 6.7
  • Drupal Drupal 6.9
  • Drupal vbDrupal 5.16.0
  • Drupal vbDrupal 5.18.0

Reported:

Jul 01, 2009

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