Advisories ยป MGASA-2016-0180

Updated moodle packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 18 May 2016
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2016-3729 , CVE-2016-3731 , CVE-2016-3732 , CVE-2016-3733 , CVE-2016-3734

Description

Updated moodle package fixes security vulnerabilities:

In Moodle before 2.8.12, users are able to change profile fields that were
locked by the administrator (CVE-2016-3729).

In Moodle before 2.8.12, names of hidden forums or discussions could be
disclosed as part of the error message on the subscription page (CVE-2016-3731).

In Moodle before 2.8.12, users can view badges of other users without proper
permissions (CVE-2016-3732).

In Moodle before 2.8.12, during the course restore, teachers could overwrite
the idnumber even without having the capability to change it (CVE-2016-3733).

In Moodle before 2.8.12, possible CSRF in the URL that marks forum posts as
read (CVE-2016-3734).
                

References

SRPMS

5/core