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TITLE:
Drupal Announcements Module Node Access Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50424

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/50424/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50424

RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-30

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/50424/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
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 * Criticality Level
 * Impact
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http://secunia.com/advisories/50424/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50424

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in the Announcements module for
Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain
security restrictions.

The security issue is cause due to the module not properly
implementing node access restrictions and can be exploited to view
otherwise restricted nodes.

Successful exploitation requires "access announcements" permissions.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 6.x-1.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.x-1.5.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Michael Hess, Drupal Security Team

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://drupal.org/node/1762480

OTHER REFERENCES:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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