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title: "CVE-2014-7833\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-7833

Publication date 24 November 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/data/edit.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x
before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 sets a certain group ID to zero upon a
database-entry change, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain
sensitive information by accessing the database after an edit by a teacher.

## 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-2014-7833)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7833)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-7833)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7833)

### Other references

* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47697>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7833>
