SA-CONTRIB-2015-050 - Services Basic Authentication - Access bypass

Services Basic Authentication module adds HTTP basic authentication for Services module.

A user could get unauthorized access to resources under some circumstances.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that the authentication works correctly when page caching is disabled.

CVE identifier(s) issued

• CVE-2015-4344

Versions affected

• Services Basic Auth 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.3.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Services Basic Authentication module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

• If you use the Services Basic Auth module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Services Basic Auth 7.x-1.3

Also see the Services Basic Authentication project page.

Reported by

• Marvin Whitfield
• Matt Supko

Fixed by

• Mark Pavlitski the module maintainer
• Dave Hall the module maintainer

Coordinated by

• Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team
• Mori Sugimoto of the Drupal Security Team
• Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team
• Klaus Purer of the Drupal Security Team