Summary
The remote host is missing an update to moodle
announced via advisory DSA 1724-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201724-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Moodle, an online course management system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2009-0500
It was discovered that the information stored in the log tables was not properly sanitized, which could allow attackers to inject arbitrary web code.
CVE-2009-0502
It was discovered that certain input via the Login as function was not properly sanitised leading to the injection of arbitrary web script.
CVE-2008-5153
Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that the SpellCheker plugin creates temporary files insecurely, allowing a denial of service attack.
Since the plugin was unused, it is removed in this update.
For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.3-2+etch2.
For the testing (lenny) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2.dfsg-3+lenny1.
For the unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2.dfsg-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your moodle package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5153, CVE-2009-0500, CVE-2009-0502 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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