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title: "CVE-2014-0216\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0216

Publication date 27 May 2014

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 My Home implementation in the block\_html\_pluginfile function in
blocks/html/lib.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x
before 2.5.6, and 2.6.x before 2.6.3 does not properly restrict file
access, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by
visiting an HTML block.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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-2014-0216)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0216)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0216)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0216)

### Other references

* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-43877>
* <https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=260364>
* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/19/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0216>
