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title: "CVE-2012-4407\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4407

Publication date 19 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

lib/filelib.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.8, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x
before 2.3.2 does not properly check the publication state of blog files,
which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a
blog entry that references a non-public file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4407)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4407)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4407)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4407)

### Other references

* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34585>
* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/1>
* <http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=211557>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4407>
