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title: "CVE-2012-5473\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5473

Publication date 21 November 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

The Database activity module in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.9, 2.2.x before
2.2.6, and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to read
activity entries of a different group's users via an advanced search.

## 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 |
| 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-2012-5473)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5473)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5473)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5473)

### Other references

* <https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216157>
* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1>
* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34448>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5473>
