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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63734
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1761-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'moodle' package(s) announced via the DSA-1761-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'moodle' package(s) announced via the DSA-1761-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Christian J. Eibl discovered that the TeX filter of Moodle, a web-based course management system, doesn't check user input for certain TeX commands which allows an attacker to include and display the content of arbitrary system files.

Note that this doesn't affect installations that only use the mimetex environment.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.3-2+etch3.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.2.dfsg-3+lenny2.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.2.dfsg-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your moodle packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'moodle' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1171
BugTraq ID: 34278
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278
Bugtraq: 20090327 Moodle: Sensitive File Disclosure (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1761 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html
http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552
http://secunia.com/advisories/34517
http://secunia.com/advisories/34557
http://secunia.com/advisories/34600
http://secunia.com/advisories/35570
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:009 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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