Bug 857927 (CVE-2012-4407)

Summary: CVE-2012-4407 moodle: Blog file access issue (MSA-12-0053)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Fixed In Version: moodle 2.3.2, moodle 2.2.5, moodle 2.1.8 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-17 14:03:31 UTC
A security flaw was found in the way file serving functionality of Moodle course management system enforced file access restrictions on blog post(s). A remote attacker could use this flaw to deliver files embedded as part of a blog without the publication state to be checked properly.

Upstream patch:
[1] http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34585

References:
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-17 14:05:13 UTC
This issue affects the version of the moodle package, as shipped with Fedora release of 17. Please schedule an update.

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This issue did NOT affect the versions of the moodle package, as shipped with Fedora release of 16, Fedora EPEL 6 and Fedora EPEL 5.

Comment 2 Gwyn Ciesla 2012-09-17 16:18:53 UTC
Update in progress, not linked to any BZ, none assigned to me.

Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2012-09-17 16:48:58 UTC
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-17 [bug 857981]