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Debian DSA-1724-1 : moodle - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35691
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Moodle, an online course management system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-0500 It was discovered that the information stored in the log tables was not properly sanitized, which could allow attackers to inject arbitrary web code.
- CVE-2009-0502 It was discovered that certain input via the 'Login as' function was not properly sanitised leading to the injection of arbitrary web script.
- CVE-2008-5153 Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that the SpellCheker plugin creates temporary files insecurely, allowing a denial of service attack. Since the plugin was unused, it is removed in this update.
Solution
Upgrade the moodle package.For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.3-2+etch2.
For the testing (lenny) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2.dfsg-3+lenny1.
For the unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2.dfsg-4.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514284
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0500
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0502
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35691
File Name: debian_DSA-1724.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/17/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:moodle, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2009