• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-050
• Project: Services Basic Authentication (third-party module)
• Version: 7.x
• Date: 2015-February-18
• Security risk: 15/25 ( Critical) AC:None/A:None/CI:Some/II:None/E:Theoretical/TD:All
• Vulnerability: Access bypass

Description

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

• A CVE identifier will be requested, and added upon issuance, in accordance with Drupal Security Team processes.

Versions affected

• All versions of Services Basic Authentication module.

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

Solution

If you use the Services Basic Authentication module you should uninstall it

Also see the Services Basic Authentication project page.

Reported by

• Marvin Whitfield
• Matt Supko

Fixed by

Not applicable.

Coordinated by

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

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