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  2. USN-4773-1

USN-4773-1: Drupal vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 March 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Drupal.

Releases

Packages

  • drupal7 - fully-featured content management framework

Details

It was discovered that Drupal did not properly process certain input. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or
completely compromise a Drupal site. (CVE-2018-7600, CVE-2018-7602)

It was discovered that password reset URLs in Drupal could be forged. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to gain access to another user’s
account. This issue affected only Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-2559)

It was discovered that Drupal did not properly protect against open
redirects. An attacker could use this vulnerability to send unsuspecting
users to 3rd party sites and potentially carry out phishing attacks.
This issue affected only Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-2749, CVE-2015-2750)

It was discovered that Drupal did not properly process certain input. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or
completely compromise a Drupal site. (CVE-2018-7600, CVE-2018-7602)

It was discovered that password reset URLs in Drupal could be forged. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to gain access to another user’s
account. This issue affected only Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-2559)

It was discovered that Drupal did not properly protect against open
redirects. An attacker could use this vulnerability to send unsuspecting
users to 3rd party sites and potentially carry out phishing attacks.
This issue affected only Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-2749, CVE-2015-2750)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial drupal7 –  7.44-1ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm1  
14.04 trusty drupal7 –  7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm1  

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