UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3169

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3169
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3169.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3169
Upstream
Published
2016-04-12T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:41Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / drupal7

Package

Name
drupal7
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/drupal7@7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.23-1
7.24-1
7.24-2
7.26-1
7.26-1ubuntu0.1
7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "drupal7",
            "binary_version": "7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3"
        }
    ]
}