Bug 1927280 (CVE-2020-25629)

Summary:	CVE-2020-25629 moodle: users with Log in as capability in a course context leads to privilege escalation
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gwync, igor.raits, sergio
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Moodle where users with "Log in as" a capability in a course context (typically, course managers) may gain access to some site administration capabilities by "logging in as" a System manager. This issue affects versions 3.9 to 3.9.1, 3.8 to 3.8.4, 3.7 to 3.7.7, 3.5 to 3.5.13, and earlier unsupported versions. This is fixed in versions 3.9.2, 3.8.5, 3.7.8, and 3.5.14.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1927281, 1927285
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-02-10 12:59:19 UTC

 A vulnerability was found in Moodle where users with "Log in as" capability in a course context (typically, course managers) may gain access to some site administration capabilities by "logging in as" a System manager. This affects 3.9 to 3.9.1, 3.8 to 3.8.4, 3.7 to 3.7.7, 3.5 to 3.5.13 and earlier unsupported versions. This is fixed in 3.9.2, 3.8.5, 3.7.8 and 3.5.14.

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-02-10 13:00:02 UTC

External References:

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=410841

Comment 2 Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-02-10 13:01:09 UTC

Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1927281]

Comment 3 Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-02-10 13:05:48 UTC

Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1927285]

Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-02-10 16:09:46 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.