[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2012-107 - Search autocomplete - Access bypass

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View online: http://drupal.org/node/1679422

  * Advisory ID: SA-CONTRIB-2012-107
  * Project: Search Autocomplete [1] (third-party module)
  * Version: 7.x
  * Date: 2012-July-11
  * Security risk: Moderately critical [2]
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: Access bypass

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

This module allows you to add autocomplete functionality to virtually any
fields of a Drupal site. The module doesn't sufficiently protect access to
the module admin page. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that the
user can only access the page, disable an autocompletion or change priority
order.

CVE: Requested

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Search Autocomplete 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.4.

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

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

Install the latest version:

  * If you use the Search Autocomplete module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to
    Search Autocomplete 7.x-2.4 [4]

Also see the Search Autocomplete [5] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY  
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  * Reuben Turk [6] (nick: rooby)

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

  * Reuben Turk [7] the module maintainer
  * Dominique CLAUSE [8] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY  
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  * Greg Knaddison [9] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Chris Hales [10] 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 [11].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [12], writing
secure code for Drupal [13], and securing your site [14].


[1] http://drupal.org/project/search_autocomplete
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://drupal.org/project/search_autocomplete
[4] http://drupal.org/node/1649442
[5] http://drupal.org/project/search_autocomplete
[6] http://drupal.org/user/10164
[7] http://drupal.org/user/10164
[8] http://drupal.org/user/801982
[9] http://drupal.org/user/36762
[10] http://drupal.org/user/347249
[11] http://drupal.org/contact
[12] http://drupal.org/security-team
[13] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[14] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration