Drupal Basic Webmail third party module version 6.x suffers from cross site scripting, information disclosure, and other vulnerabilities.
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View online: http://drupal.org/node/1808852
* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-154
* Project: Basic webmail [1] (third-party module)
* Version: 6.x
* Date: 2012-October-10
* Security risk: Moderately critical [2]
* Exploitable from: Remote
* Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting, Information Disclosure, Multiple
vulnerabilities
-------- DESCRIPTION
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This module allows site users to read and write e-mail through an IMAP mail
server.
There are four issues being addressed by this security advisory:
* The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize data when setting page title.
* The module may store Drupal login IDs and passwords in plain text in the
data column of the users table.
* The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize data displayed from email
messages.
* The module allows users who have the 'access basic_webmail' permission to
view the e-mail addressof other site users.
CVE: Requested
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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* Basic webmail 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.2.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Basic webmail
[3] module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION
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Install the latest version:
* If you use the Basic webmail module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Basic
webmail 6.x-1.2 [4]
Also see the Basic webmail [5] project page.
-------- REPORTED BY
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* Hunter Fox [6] provisional member of the Drupal Security Team
-------- FIXED BY
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* Jason Flatt [7] the module maintainer
* Hunter Fox [8] provisional member of the Drupal Security Team
-------- COORDINATED BY
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* Hunter Fox [9] provisional member of the Drupal Security Team
* Ben Jeavons [10] of the Drupal Security Team
* Greg Knaddison [11] 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 http://drupal.org/contact [12].
Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [13], writing
secure code for Drupal [14], and securing your site [15].
[1] http://drupal.org/project/basic_webmail
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://drupal.org/project/basic_webmail
[4] https://drupal.org/node/1808616
[5] http://drupal.org/project/basic_webmail
[6] http://drupal.org/user/426416
[7] http://drupal.org/user/4649
[8] http://drupal.org/user/426416
[9] http://drupal.org/user/426416
[10] http://drupal.org/user/91990
[11] http://drupal.org/user/36762
[12] http://drupal.org/contact
[13] http://drupal.org/security-team
[14] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[15] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration