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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61836
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-9502 (moodle)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to moodle
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-9502.

Update Information:

Fix for cron job, also fix for CVE-2008-4796. Upgrade to
new upstream, fix cron bug.

ChangeLog:

* Fri Nov 7 2008 Jon Ciesla - 1.8.7-1
- Moved to weekly downloaded 11/7/08 to fix Snoopy CVE-2008-4796.
- Fix for BZ 468929, overactive cron job.
- Updated to 1.8.7.
- Updated language packs to 22 Oct 2008 versions.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #469320 - CVE-2008-4796 snoopy: command execution via shell metacharacters
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469320

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update moodle' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-9502

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
10.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4796
BugTraq ID: 31887
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31887
Bugtraq: 20080907 xoops-1.3.10 shell command execute vulnerability ( causing snoopy class ) (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496068/100/0/threaded
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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN20502807/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000074.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/32361
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2901
XForce ISS Database: snoopy-snoopyclass-command-execution(46068)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46068
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0123
BugTraq ID: 27259
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27259
Bugtraq: 20080111 Cross site scripting (XSS) in Moodle 1.8.3 (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486198/100/0/threaded
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0202.html
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:003 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0164
XForce ISS Database: moodle-install-xss(39630)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39630
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