[DRUPAL-SA-2005-002] Drupal 4.6.2 / 4.5.4 fixes input validation issue

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Drupal security advisory DRUPAL-SA-2005-002
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Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2005-002
Date: 2005-jun-29
Security risk: highly critical
Impact: system access
Where: from remote
Vulnerability: arbitrary PHP code execution
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Description
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Kuba Zygmunt discovered a flaw in the input validation routines of Drupal's
filter mechanism. An attacker could execute arbitrary PHP code on a target
site when public comments or postings are allowed.

Versions affected
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Drupal 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3
Drupal 4.6.0, 4.6.1

Solution
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Either disable public comments and postings, or upgrade to the latest Drupal
version:
- If you cannot upgrade immediately, you can secure your site by disabling
  public postings and comments. Log in as an administrator, go to
  "administer >> access control" and make sure that untrusted roles don't
  have the permissions to submit or edit content.
- If you are running Drupal 4.5.x, then upgrade to Drupal 4.5.4.
- If you are running Drupal 4.6.x, then upgrade to Drupal 4.6.2.

Contact
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The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security_at_drupal.org
or using the form at http://drupal.org/contact.

// Uwe Hermann, on behalf of the Drupal Security Team.

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