Drupal Template File Selection Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Drupal, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "drupal/includes/theme.inc" script when processing URL arguments while selecting a template file, which could be exploited by attackers to include or disclose the contents of local files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Drupal versions prior to 6.10Drupal versions prior to 5.16
     
Solution   Upgrade to Drupal version 6.10 or 5.16 : http://drupal.org/projectApply patch for Drupal version 6.9 : http://drupal.org/files/sa-core-2009-003/SA-CORE-2009-003-6.9.patchApply patch for Drupal version 5.15 : http://drupal.org/files/sa-core-2009-004/SA-CORE-2009-004-5.15.patch
     
CVE  
     
References   http://drupal.org/node/383724
http://drupal.org/node/384024
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-02-26 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote