• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2005-009
  • Project: Drupal core
  • Date: 2005-11-30
  • Security risk: not critical
  • Impact: normal
  • Where: from remote
  • Vulnerability: bypass access control

Description

Andrew Widdowson informed us that it's possible to bypass the 'access user profile' permission if the server is running PHP5. No data can be changed though.

Versions affected

Drupal 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3

Solution

If you are running Drupal 4.6.x and PHP5, then upgrade to Drupal 4.6.4.

Contact

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