Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0057 (moodle)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0057: Updated moodle packages fix CVE-2015-1493 
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Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:44:38 +0100
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MGASA-2015-0057 - Updated moodle packages fix CVE-2015-1493

Publication date: 09 Feb 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0057.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4
CVE: CVE-2015-1493

Description:
Updated moodle package fixes security vulnerability:

In Moodle before 2.6.8, parameter "file" passed to scripts serving JS was not
always cleaned from including "../" in the path, allowing to read files
located outside of moodle directory. All OS's are affected, but especially
vulnerable are Windows servers (CVE-2015-1493).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15244
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=279956
- https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.6.8_release_notes
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=279502
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/5
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1493

SRPMS:
- 4/core/moodle-2.6.8-1.mga4