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title: "CVE-2014-9059\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9059

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

lib/setup.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 does not provide charset information in HTTP
headers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks via UTF-7 characters during interaction with AJAX scripts.

## 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-2014-9059)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9059)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9059)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9059)

### Other references

* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47966>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9059>
