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title: "CVE-2008-4792\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4792?format=md
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# CVE-2008-4792

Publication date 29 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The core BlogAPI module in Drupal 5.x before 5.11 and 6.x before 6.5 does
not properly validate unspecified content fields of an internal Drupal
form, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access
restrictions via modified field values.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4792?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| drupal5 | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 5.10-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 5.7-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

SA-2008-060

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4792)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4792)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4792)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4792)

### Other references

* <http://drupal.org/node/318706>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4792>
