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title: "CVE-2014-3542\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3542

Publication date 29 July 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

mod/lti/service.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x
before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote
attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in
conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity
(XXE) issue.

## 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 |
| 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-2014-3542)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3542)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3542)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3542)

### Other references

* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-45463>
* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/194>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3542>
