Bug 857933 (CVE-2012-4408) - CVE-2012-4408 moodle: Course reset not protected by proper capability (MSA-12-0054)
Summary: CVE-2012-4408 moodle: Course reset not protected by proper capability (MSA-12...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-4408
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 857981 857983 857984 857986
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-09-17 14:23 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:55 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: moodle 2.3.2, moodle 2.2.5, moodle 2.1.8
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Last Closed: 2013-01-21 20:56:32 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-17 14:23:57 UTC 
A security flaw was found in the way Moodle course management system performed permission check on course reset page (the course reset link was protected by a correct permission, but the reset page itself was being checked for a different permission). A remote attacker could use this flaw to in an unauthorized way to reset particular course.

Upstream patch:
[1] http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34519

References:
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-17 14:26:00 UTC 
This issue affects the versions of the moodle package, as shipped with Fedora release of 16 and 17. Please schedule an update.

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This issue affects the versions of the moodle package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL 5 and Fedora EPEL 6. Please schedule an update.
Comment 2 Gwyn Ciesla 2012-09-17 16:18:48 UTC 
Update in progress, not linked to any BZ, none assigned to me.
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2012-09-17 16:49:26 UTC 
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-17 [bug 857981]
Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2012-09-17 16:52:18 UTC 
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-16 [bug 857983]
Comment 5 Prasad Pandit 2012-09-17 16:54:14 UTC 
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: epel-6 [bug 857984]
Comment 6 Prasad Pandit 2012-09-17 16:55:45 UTC 
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: epel-5 [bug 857986]
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