[Security-news] Views Bulk Operations - Moderately critical - Access Bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2015-131

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2516688

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-131
   * Project: Views Bulk Operations (VBO) [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 6.x, 7.x
   * Date: 2015-July-01
   * Security risk: 10/25 ( Moderately Critical)
     AC:Basic/A:Admin/CI:None/II:All/E:Theoretical/TD:Uncommon [2]
   * Vulnerability: Access bypass

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

The Views Bulk Operations module enables you to add bulk operations to
administration views, executing actions on multiple selected rows.

The module doesn't sufficiently guard user entities against unauthorized
modification. If a user has access to a user account listing view with VBO
enabled (such as admin/people when the administration_views module is used),
they will be able to edit their own account and give themselves a higher role
(such as "administrator") even if they don't have the "'administer users'"
permission.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have access
to such a user listing page and that the bulk operation for changing Roles is
enabled.


-------- CVE IDENTIFIER(S) ISSUED
--------------------------------------------

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

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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   * Views Bulk Operations 7.x-3.x versions prior to 7.x-3.3.
   * Views Bulk Operations 6.x-1.x versions.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Views Bulk
Operations (VBO) [4] module, there is nothing you need to do.

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Views Bulk Operations module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to
     Views Bulk Operations 7.x-3.3 [5]
   * If you use the Views Bulk Operations module for Drupal 6.x, uninstall the
     module.

Also see the Views Bulk Operations (VBO) [6] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
---------------------------------------------------------

   * Adam Shepherd [7]

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

   * Bojan Zivanovic [8] the module maintainer
   * Adam Shepherd [9]

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Klaus Purer [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 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/views_bulk_operations
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations
[5] https://www.drupal.org/node/2516680
[6] https://www.drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/2650563
[8] https://www.drupal.org/user/86106
[9] https://www.drupal.org/user/2650563
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/klausi
[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