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USN-791-2: Moodle vulnerability

24 June 2009

Moodle vulnerability

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Releases

Packages

Details

Christian Eibl discovered that the TeX filter in Moodle allowed any
function to be used. An authenticated remote attacker could post
a specially crafted TeX formula to execute arbitrary TeX functions,
potentially reading any file accessible to the web server user, leading
to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2009-1171, MSA-09-0009)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.04

After a standard system upgrade you need to access the Moodle instance
and accept the database update to clear any invalid cached data.

References

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