[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2015-050 - Services Basic Authentication - Access bypass - Unsupported

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2428851

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-050
   * Project: Services Basic Authentication [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2015-February-18
   * Security risk: 15/25 ( Critical)
     AC:None/A:None/CI:Some/II:None/E:Theoretical/TD:All [2]
   * Vulnerability: Access bypass

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

Services Basic Authentication module adds HTTP basic authentication for
Services module.

A user could get unauthorized access to resources under some circumstances.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that the authentication works
correctly when page caching is disabled.


-------- CVE IDENTIFIER(S) ISSUED
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   * /A CVE identifier [3] will be requested, and added upon issuance, in
     accordance with Drupal Security Team processes./

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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   * All versions of Services Basic Authentication module.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Services Basic
Authentication [4] module, there is nothing you need to do.

-------- SOLUTION
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If you use the Services Basic Authentication module you should uninstall it

Also see the Services Basic Authentication [5] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
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   * Marvin Whitfield [6]
   * Matt Supko [7]

-------- FIXED BY
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Not applicable.

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Greg Knaddison [8] of the Drupal Security Team
   * Mori Sugimoto [9] of the Drupal Security Team
   * Pere Orga [10] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION
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The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the
contact form at https://www.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].

Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [15]


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/services_basic_auth
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/services_basic_auth
[5] https://www.drupal.org/project/services_basic_auth
[6] https://www.drupal.org/user/631814
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/499020
[8] https://www.drupal.org/user/36762
[9] https://www.drupal.org/user/82971
[10] https://www.drupal.org/user/2301194
[11] https://www.drupal.org/contact
[12] https://www.drupal.org/security-team
[13] https://www.drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[14] https://www.drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
[15] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity