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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                    ESB-2009.0063 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux]
A vulnerability has been identified in Notify - (Drupal third-party module)
                              16 January 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Notify
Publisher:            Drupal
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact:               Increased Privileges
Access:               Existing Account

Original Bulletin:    http://drupal.org/node/359144

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- ---- SA-CONTRIB-2009-004 - NOTIFY - PRIVILEGE ESCALATION ----

  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-004

  * Project: Notify

  * Versions: 5.x

  * Date: 2009-January-15

  * Security risk: Moderately critical

  * Exploitable from: Remote

  * Vulnerability: Privilege escalation

- ---- DESCRIPTION ----

A user triggering the cron processing of the Notify module may end up getting
logged in as another user when the Notify operations do not complete
succesfully.

- ---- VERSIONS AFFECTED ----

  * Versions of Notify for Drupal 5.x prior to 5.x-1.2

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the Notify module, there is
nothing you need to do.

- ---- SOLUTION ----

Install the latest version.

  * If you use Notify for Drupal 5.x upgrade to 5.x-1.2 [
http://drupal.org/node/358495 ]

Also see the Notify project page [ http://drupal.org/project/notify ].

- ---- REPORTED BY ----

Philippe Jadin and Bill Kennedy

- ---- CONTACT ----

The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via
the form at [ http://drupal.org/contact ] and by selecting the security issues
category.

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