--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-3280
2009-04-02 16:30:07
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : moodle
Product     : Fedora 10
Version     : 1.9.4
Release     : 6.fc10
URL         : https://moodle.org/
Summary     : A Course Management System
Description :
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software
package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create
effective online learning communities.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

CVE-2009-1171:  The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+,
1.8  before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to  read
arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which  causes LaTeX to
include the contents of the file.     Upstream bug and CVS commit:
https://tracker.moodle.org/login.jsp
;r2=1.18.4.5
References:
  Upstream further reported that the above patch is not sufficient and following
change should be used instead:    For >=1.9.0:  http://git.catalyst.net.nz/gw?pmoodle-r2.git;a=commitdiff;h=b950f126018a9e16a298d278375a0eedf791e5dd    For
1.6.* - 1.8.*:  ;a=commitdiff;h=cc9
bf1486e7ea9e8cda1e4522b96e07245459a0d
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog:

* Wed Apr  1 2009 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.4-6
- Patch for CVE-2009-1171, BZ 493109.
* Tue Mar 24 2009 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.4-5
- Update for freefont->gnu-free-fonts change.
* Thu Feb 26 2009 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.4-4
- Fix for symlink dir replacement.
* Mon Feb 23 2009 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.4-2
- Putting back bundled MagpieRSS due to incompatibility, BZ 486777.
- Corrected moodle-cron.
* Tue Feb 10 2009 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.4-1
- Update to 1.9.4 to fix CVE-2009-0499,0500,0501,0502.
* Tue Jan 27 2009 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.3-6
- Dropped and symlinked to khmeros-base-fonts.
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.3-5
- Dropped and symlinked illegal sm and to fonts.
- Symlinking to FreeSans.
- Drop spell-check-logic.cgi, CVE-2008-5153, per upstream, BZ 472117, 472119, 472120.
* Wed Dec 17 2008 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.3-4
- Texed fix, BZ 476709.
* Fri Nov  7 2008 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.3-3
- Moved to weekly downloaded 11/7/08 to fix Snoopy CVE-2008-4796.
* Fri Oct 31 2008 Jon Ciesla  - 1.9.3-2
- Fix for BZ 468929, overactive cron job.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #493109 - CVE-2009-1171 moodle: file disclosure flaw in TeX filter
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493109
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 .

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