Bug 927254 (CVE-2013-1836)

Summary:	CVE-2013-1836 moodle: Unauthorized settings editing through WebDav repository (MSA-13-0019)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gwync
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	moodle-2.4.2, moodle-2.3.5, moodle-2.2.8	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On:	927264, 927267, 927273
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-25 13:45:02 UTC

A security flaw was found in the way Moodle, a course management system, protected access to the site-wide WebDav repositories. A remote attacker (valid Moodle user) could use this flaw to in an unauthorized way to alter (view, edit, and delete) content of the site-wide WebDav repositories.

References:
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/2

Relevant upstream patches:
[2] http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=ac5fc5953426befb1232106ade9e42ff239d9b63
[3] http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=bd6581935d5e4f3138b7e1029fe17af4e306db60
[4] http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=da9d3a1205377c027d7b476903bdbd520dd240d0
[5] http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=89a9d21a15ec8bca9873f102375a6071258bc1e6

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-25 14:02:41 UTC

This issue affects the versions of the moodle package, as shipped with Fedora release of 18, 17, and Fedora EPEL-6. Please schedule an update.

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This issue did NOT affect the version of the moodle package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL-5.

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-25 14:19:00 UTC

Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-18 [bug 927264]

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-25 14:27:57 UTC

Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-17 [bug 927267]

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-25 14:39:14 UTC

Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: epel-6 [bug 927273]