MGASA-2014-0053

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    MGASA-2014-0053

    Published: 11 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated moodle package fixes security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated moodle package fixes security vulnerabilities: In Moodle before 2.4.8, some password changes on admin pages were being recorded and shown to administrators in the config log report (CVE-2014-0008). In Moodle before 2.4.8, users were able to log in as a user who in a is not in the same group without the permission to see all groups (CVE-2014-0009). In Moodle 2.4.8, custom profile fields and categories were open to deletion without proper session checking, due to two Cross-site Request Forgery(CSRF) vulnerabilities in /user/profile/index.php (CVE-2014-0010).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0053.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12385, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=252414, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=252415, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=252416, http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.4.8_release_notes, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=251856, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/127510.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: moodle

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/moodle?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.8-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High