CVE-2016-3169

NameCVE-2016-3169
DescriptionThe User module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging contributed or custom code that calls the user_save function with an explicit category and loads all roles into the array.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3498-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
drupal7 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)7.32-1+deb8u19fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch7.52-2+deb9u18fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
drupal6sourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
drupal6source(unstable)(unfixed)
drupal7sourcewheezy7.14-2+deb7u12DSA-3498-1
drupal7sourcejessie7.32-1+deb8u6DSA-3498-1
drupal7source(unstable)7.43-1

Notes

https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19

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