Bug 857927 (CVE-2012-4407) - CVE-2012-4407 moodle: Blog file access issue (MSA-12-0053)
Summary: CVE-2012-4407 moodle: Blog file access issue (MSA-12-0053)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-4407
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
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-09-17 14:03 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
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-01-21 20:56:10 UTC
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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]
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