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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61794
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-658-1 (moodle)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to moodle
announced via advisory USN-658-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

Details follow:

Lukasz Pilorz discovered that the HTML filtering used in Moodle was not
strict enough. A remote attacker could send malicious requests to Moodle
and execute arbitrary code as the web server user.

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

Ubuntu 7.10:
moodle 1.8.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
moodle 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-658-1

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
4.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1502
BugTraq ID: 28424
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28424
Debian Security Information: DSA-1691 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691
Debian Security Information: DSA-1871 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00331.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-04.xml
http://www.egroupware.org/viewvc/branches/1.4/phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php?r1=23625&r2=25110&pathrev=25110
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/14
http://secunia.com/advisories/29491
http://secunia.com/advisories/30073
http://secunia.com/advisories/30986
http://secunia.com/advisories/31017
http://secunia.com/advisories/31018
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
http://secunia.com/advisories/32400
http://secunia.com/advisories/32446
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:015 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/658-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0989/references
XForce ISS Database: egroupware-badprotocolonce-security-bypass(41435)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41435
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