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TITLE:
Drupal Secure Site Module Security Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28732

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28732/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Drupal Secure Site Module 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/17401/
Drupal Secure Site Module 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/17400/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Secure Site module for
Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
IP-authentication feature. If an attacker e.g. uses the same proxy as
a currently logged in user, this can be exploited to gain access as
this user.

The vulnerability is reported in Secure Site for Drupal 5.x and
4.7.x.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerable feature has been removed in updated versions.

Drupal 5.x users:
Update to Secure Site 5.x-1.1.

Drupal 4.7.x users:
Update to Secure Site 4.7.x-1.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tim Altman

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://drupal.org/node/216019

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