[Security-news] Session Cache API - Critical - Multiple vulnerabilities - DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2017-065

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   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2017-065
   * Project: Session Cache API [1]     (third-party module)
   * Version: 7.x, 8.x
   * Date: 2017-August-09
   * Security risk: 18/25 ( Critical)
     AC:Basic/A:User/CI:All/II:All/E:Proof/TD:Default [2]
   * Vulnerability: Multiple vulnerabilities

-------- DESCRIPTION
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This module does not safely deal with serialization.


-------- 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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   * Session Cache API 7.x-1.4

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Session Cache
API [4] module, there is nothing you need to do.

-------- SOLUTION
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Install the latest version:

   * Upgrade to session_cache 7.x-1.5 [5]

Also see the Session Cache API [6] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
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   * Tomas Bortoli [7]
   * Pere Orga [8] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- FIXED BY
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   * Rik de Boer [9] the module maintainer

-------- COORDINATED BY
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   * Michael Hess [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].

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https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [15]


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/session_cache
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] https://www.drupal.org/project/session_cache
[5] https://www.drupal.org/project/session_cache/releases/7.x-1.5
[6] https://www.drupal.org/project/session_cache
[7] https://www.drupal.org/user/3529790
[8] https://www.drupal.org/u/pere-orga
[9] https://www.drupal.org/user/404007
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/mlhess
[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