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TITLE:
Drupal Privatemsg Module Security Bypass Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39565

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39565/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in the Privatemsg module for
Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain
security restrictions.

The security issue exists due to improper access permission checks in
the Email Notification  (pm_email_notify.module) module and can be
exploited to modify the notification template.

Successful exploitation requires the "read privatemsg" permission.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 6.x-1.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.x-1.2 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Lee Rowlands.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SA-CONTRIB-2010-038:
http://drupal.org/node/784602

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