[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2012-095 - Simplenews - Information Disclosure

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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  
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  * 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