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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63410
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1724-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'moodle' package(s) announced via the DSA-1724-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'moodle' package(s) announced via the DSA-1724-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

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.

We recommend that you upgrade your moodle package.

Affected Software/OS:
'moodle' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5153
BugTraq ID: 32402
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32402
Debian Security Information: DSA-1724 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1724
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33955
XForce ISS Database: moodle-spellchecklogic-symlink(46708)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46708
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-6125
Debian Security Information: DSA-1691 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0500
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/04/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:007 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0502
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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