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Fedora 33 : moodle (2021-431b232659)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 147958

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-431b232659 advisory.

 - The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17. (CVE-2021-20279)

 - Text-based feedback answers required additional sanitizing to prevent stored XSS and blind SSRF risks in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17. (CVE-2021-20280)

 - It was possible for some users without permission to view other users' full names to do so via the online users block in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17. (CVE-2021-20281)

 - When creating a user account, it was possible to verify the account without having access to the verification email link/secret in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17. (CVE-2021-20282)

 - The web service responsible for fetching other users' enrolled courses did not validate that the requesting user had permission to view that information in each course in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17. (CVE-2021-20283)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected moodle package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-431b232659

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 147958

File Name: fedora_2021-431b232659.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2021

Updated: 1/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20282

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20280

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:moodle

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20279, CVE-2021-20280, CVE-2021-20281, CVE-2021-20282, CVE-2021-20283