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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.0151 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New moodle packages fix several vulnerabilities
16 February 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: moodle
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Cross-site Scripting
Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2009-0502 CVE-2009-0500 CVE-2008-5153
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1724
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running moodle check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1724-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris
February 13th, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : moodle
Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE IDs : CVE-2009-0500 CVE-2009-0502 CVE-2008-5153
Debian Bug : 514284
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Moodle, an online
course management system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2009-0500
It was discovered that the information stored in the log tables
was not properly sanitized, which could allow attackers to inject
arbitrary web code.
CVE-2009-0502
It was discovered that certain input via the "Login as" function
was not properly sanitised leading to the injection of arbitrary
web script.
CVE-2008-5153
Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that the SpellCheker plugin creates
temporary files insecurely, allowing a denial of service attack.
Since the plugin was unused, it is removed in this update.
For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.3-2+etch2.
For the testing (lenny) distribution these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.2.dfsg-3+lenny1.
For the unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.2.dfsg-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your moodle package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moodle/moodle_1.6.3-2+etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 793 b86fd980d09fc1f54744962d765a17d7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moodle/moodle_1.6.3-2+etch2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 25398 60b9bf677040fbd71e7951deaa8b91d7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moodle/moodle_1.6.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 7465709 2f9f3fcf83ab0f18c409f3a48e07eae2
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moodle/moodle_1.6.3-2+etch2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6582298 7a90893e954672f33e129aa4d7ca5aa3
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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