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Drupal Session Fixation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31211
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Release Date:
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2008-07-24
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Last Update:
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2008-08-01
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Popularity:
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2,646 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Hijacking
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Drupal 5.x
Drupal 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3222
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct session fixation attacks.
An error in the handling of certain sessions can be exploited to hijack another user's session by tricking the user into logging in after following a specially crafted link.
The vulnerability is reported in all 5.x versions prior to 5.9 and all 6.x versions prior to 6.3.
Solution:
Update to version 5.9 or 6.3.
Apply patch to 5.8:
http://drupal.org/files/sa-2008-046/SA-2008-046-5.8.patch
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Erich C. Beyrent. Additional information from dmnd.
Changelog:
2008-08-01: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://drupal.org/node/280571
http://drupal.org/node/286417
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