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Ubuntu 9.04 : moodle vulnerability (USN-791-2)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 39517
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
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).Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected moodle package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 39517
File Name: ubuntu_USN-791-2.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/25/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:moodle, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1171