Fedora 10 Update: moodle-1.9.4-6.fc10
Summary
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.
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
* Wed Apr 1 2009 Jon Ciesla
- Patch for CVE-2009-1171, BZ 493109.
* Tue Mar 24 2009 Jon Ciesla
- Update for freefont->gnu-free-fonts change.
* Thu Feb 26 2009 Jon Ciesla
- Fix for symlink dir replacement.
* Mon Feb 23 2009 Jon Ciesla
- Putting back bundled MagpieRSS due to incompatibility, BZ 486777.
- Corrected moodle-cron.
* Tue Feb 10 2009 Jon Ciesla
- Update to 1.9.4 to fix CVE-2009-0499,0500,0501,0502.
* Tue Jan 27 2009 Jon Ciesla
- Dropped and symlinked to khmeros-base-fonts.
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Jon Ciesla
- 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
- Texed fix, BZ 476709.
* Fri Nov 7 2008 Jon Ciesla
- Moved to weekly downloaded 11/7/08 to fix Snoopy CVE-2008-4796.
* Fri Oct 31 2008 Jon Ciesla
- Fix for BZ 468929, overactive cron job.
[ 1 ] Bug #493109 - CVE-2009-1171 moodle: file disclosure flaw in TeX filter
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493109
su -c 'yum update moodle' at the command line.
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FEDORA-2009-3280 2009-04-02 16:30:07 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. 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 * 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. [ 1 ] Bug #493109 - CVE-2009-1171 moodle: file disclosure flaw in TeX filter https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493109 su -c 'yum update moodle' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce
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