SB2015020502 - Fedora 21 update for moodle
Published: February 5, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 8 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0211)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
mod/lti/ajax.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 does not consider the moodle/course:manageactivities and mod/lti:addinstance capabilities before proceeding with registered-tool list searches, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via requests to the LTI Ajax service.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0212)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in course/pending.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0213)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
4) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0214)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.
message/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a messaging-disabled setting via a web-services request, as demonstrated by a people-search request.
5) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0215)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive calendar-event information via a web-services request.
6) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0216)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted essay feedback.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
7) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0217)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
filter/mediaplugin/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
8) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0218)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.