[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2012-004 - Date - SQL injection

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-004
  * Project: Date [1] (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2012-January-11
  * Security risk: Moderately critical [2]
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: SQL Injection

-------- DESCRIPTION  
---------------------------------------------------------

This module enables you to add and administer date fields to nodes. It
includes Date Tools, that allows users to convert nodes created with the
Event module into Date fields. The conversion form for Events is vulnerable
to SQL injection.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role
with the permission "administer Date Tools", and the option is only available
on sites which have used the Event module in the past and have the Event
table in the database.

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Date 6.x-2.x versions prior to 6.x-2.8.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Date [3]
module, there is nothing you need to do.

-------- SOLUTION  
------------------------------------------------------------

Install the latest version:

  * If you use the Date module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Date 6.x-2.8 [4]

See also the Date [5] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Greg Knaddison [6], Drupal security team member

-------- FIXED BY  
------------------------------------------------------------

  * Karen Stevenson [7], the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY  
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  * Michael Hess [8], Drupal security team member

-------- 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 [9].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [10], writing
secure code for Drupal [11], and securing your site [12].


[1] http://drupal.org/project/date
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://drupal.org/project/date
[4] http://drupal.org/node/1401026
[5] http://drupal.org/project/date
[6] http://drupal.org/user/36762
[7] http://drupal.org/user/45874
[8] http://drupal.org/user/102818
[9] http://drupal.org/contact
[10] http://drupal.org/security-team
[11] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[12] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration