View online: http://drupal.org/node/1619848
* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-095 * Project: Simplenews [1] (third-party module) * Version: 6.x, 7.x * Date: 2012-June-06 * Security risk: Moderately critical [2] * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Information Disclosure
-------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------
Simplenews publishes and sends newsletters. When subscribing to a Simplenews mailing list, confirmation may be required, and Simplenews may disclose the user's e-mail address on the confirmation page. Further, due to the absence of a noindex tag, the list of e-mail addresses can subsequently be indexed by search engines.
CVE: Requested
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---------------------------------------------------
* Simplenews 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.4 * Simplenews 6.x-2.x versions prior to 6.x-2.0-alpha4 * Simplenews 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.0-rc1
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Simplenews [3] module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------
Install the latest version:
* If you use the Simplenews module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Simplenews 6.x-1.4 [4] or Simplenews 6.x-2.0-alpha4 [5] * If you use the Simplenews module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Simplenews 7.x-1.0-rc1 [6]
Also see the Simplenews [7] project page.
-------- REPORTED BY ---------------------------------------------------------
* Laza [8] * Sascha Grossenbacher [9] the module maintainer
-------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------
* Sascha Grossenbacher [10] the module maintainer * Dave Reid [11] of the Drupal Security Team
-------- COORDINATED BY ------------------------------------------------------
* Dave Reid [12] of the Drupal Security Team * Greg Knaddison [13] of the Drupal Security Team
-------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION ----------------------------------------
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact [14].
Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [15], writing secure code for Drupal [16], and securing your site [17].
[1] http://drupal.org/project/simplenews [2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels [3] http://drupal.org/project/simplenews [4] http://drupal.org/node/1619812 [5] http://drupal.org/node/1619818 [6] http://drupal.org/node/1619820 [7] http://drupal.org/project/simplenews [8] http://drupal.org/user/145993 [9] http://drupal.org/user/214652 [10] http://drupal.org/user/214652 [11] http://drupal.org/user/53892 [12] http://drupal.org/user/53892 [13] http://drupal.org/user/36762 [14] http://drupal.org/contact [15] http://drupal.org/security-team [16] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code [17] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration