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title: "CVE-2009-1171\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1171

Publication date 30 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before
1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read
arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX
to include the contents of the file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.9.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.9.4.dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.8.2-1.2ubuntu2.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1171)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1171)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1171)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1171)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-791-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-791-2)
+ Moodle vulnerability
+ 24 June 2009

+ [USN-791-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-791-1)
+ Moodle vulnerabilities
+ 24 June 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1171>