MGASA-2014-0379

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    MGASA-2014-0379

    Published: 15 Sept 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3617

    Summary: Updated moodle packages fix security vulnerbilities

    Details: Updated moodle packages fix security vulnerabilities: In Moodle before 2.6.5, users who had not yet posted the required answer in a Q&A forum in order to access past posts were able to see the name of the last person who had posted, as other authors are visible in /mod/forum/view.php before the student has posted their own answer (CVE-2014-3617).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0379.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14081, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269590, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269591, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=269089, https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.6.5_release_notes

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: moodle

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.5-1.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
    MGASA-2014-0379 | CVE-DB