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Drupal Captcha Module Security Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA23983
Release Date: 2007-01-31
Last Update: 2007-02-05
Popularity: 6,039 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Drupal Captcha Module 4.x
Drupal Captcha Module 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-0658


Description:
A weakness has been reported in the Captcha module for Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to an error within the validation of certain malformed responses. This can be exploited to bypass the captcha check by sending a specially crafted response.

The weakness is reported in Captcha 4.7.x versions prior to 4.7-1.2 and Captcha 5.x versions prior to 5.x-1.1.

Solution:
Update to a fixed version.

Captcha 4.7.x-1.2:
http://drupal.org/node/114367

Captcha 5.x-1.1.
http://drupal.org/node/114366

Provided and/or discovered by:
Independently reported by the Drupal Security Team and William Smith.

Changelog:
2007-02-05: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://drupal.org/node/114364


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