[Security-news] USASearch - Access Bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2016-010

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/node/2679509

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2016-010
   * Project: DigitalGov Search (machine name: USASearch) [1]     (third-party
     module)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2016-March-02
   * Security risk: 11/25 ( Moderately Critical)
     AC:Basic/A:Admin/CI:Some/II:None/E:Proof/TD:All [2]
   * Vulnerability: Access bypass

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

This module indexes public content using the USASearch a program of the
General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and
Information Technology (OCSIT) which offers free search services to any
federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial government agency that can be
used to search one or many sites. Read more at http://search.usa.gov/program
[3] .

The module may index unpublished content making content accessible through
search.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that it only affects unpublished
content that has been saved and content that was published and subsequently
unpublished.


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

   * /A CVE identifier [4] will be requested, and added upon issuance, in
     accordance with Drupal Security Team processes./

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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   * MODULE 7.x-5.x versions prior to 7.x-5.1.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed DigitalGov
Search (machine name: USASearch) [5] module, there is nothing you need to do.

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

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the usasearch module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to usasearch
     7.x-5.1 [6]

Also see the DigitalGov Search (machine name: USASearch) [7] project page.

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

   * Barrett Smith
     [8] of the Drupal Security Team

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

   * Daniel Schiavone [9] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
------------------------------------------------------

   * Real Name [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/USASearch
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://search.usa.gov/program
[4] http://cve.mitre.org/
[5] https://www.drupal.org/project/USASearch
[6] https://www.drupal.org/node/2679169
[7] https://www.drupal.org/project/USASearch
[8] https://security.drupal.org/user/9114
[9] https://security.drupal.org/user/133506
[10] https://www.drupal.org/user/XXXUID
[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