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title: "CVE-2013-2079\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2079?format=md
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# CVE-2013-2079

Publication date 25 May 2013

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

mod/assign/locallib.php in the assignment module in Moodle 2.3.x before
2.3.7 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 does not consider capability requirements
during the processing of ZIP assignment-archive download (aka downloadall)
requests, which allows remote authenticated users to read other users'
assignments by leveraging the student role.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2079?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| moodle | * Upstream:   <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commitdiff;h=76640b273d59f98bbc20c63ce1da502c69faa080;hp=473623695948e041135e93b0205a22eb325c45a9> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2079)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2079)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2079)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2079)

### Other references

* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-38443>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/21/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2079>
