Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34600 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/ ↗
- http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35570 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34557 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34517 ↗