Mageia alert MGASA-2016-0029 (moodle)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2016-0029: Updated moodle packages fix security vulnerability 
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Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:54:06 +0100
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MGASA-2016-0029 - Updated moodle packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 20 Jan 2016
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0029.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2016-0724,
     CVE-2016-0725

Description:
In Moodle before 2.8.10, web services
core_enrol_get_course_enrolment_methods and
enrol_self_get_instance_info did not check user permission to access
hidden courses (CVE-2016-0724).

In Moodle before 2.8.10, search string in course management interface was
not escaped when being output creating potential for XSS attack
(CVE-2016-0725).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17537
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=326205
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=326206
- https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.10_release_notes
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=325820
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0724
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0725

SRPMS:
- 5/core/moodle-2.8.10-1.mga5