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Moodle security release


From: Marina Glancy <marina () moodle com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:51:24 +0800

The following security notifications have now been made public. Thanks
to OSS members for their cooperation.

Marina Glancy
Development Process Manager
marina () moodle com
+61894674167 | moodle.com
The world's open source learning platform

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MSA-15-0030: Students can re-attempt answering questions in the lesson

Description:       Completed and graded lesson activity was not protected
                   against making new attempt to answer some questions
Issue summary:     Students can re-attempt answering questions in the lesson
Severity/Risk:     Minor
Versions affected: 2.9 to 2.9.1, 2.8 to 2.8.7, 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier
                   unsupported versions
Versions fixed:    2.9.2, 2.8.8 and 2.7.10
Reported by:       Eric Eakin
Issue no.:         MDL-50516
CVE identifier:    CVE-2015-5264
Changes (master):
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50516

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MSA-15-0031: Teacher in forum can still post to "all participants" and groups
they are not members of

Description:       Group access is not properly checked when posting to "all
                   participants" in forum
Issue summary:     Teacher without accessallgroups can still post to "all
                   participants" and groups they're not members of
Severity/Risk:     Minor
Versions affected: 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed:    2.7.10
Reported by:       David Scotson
Issue no.:         MDL-50576
CVE identifier:    CVE-2015-5272
Changes (master):
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50576

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MSA-15-0032: Users can delete files uploaded by other users in wiki

Description:       Users can delete files uploaded by other users in wiki
                   without capability to manage files
Issue summary:     Disable free access to the file manager in the wiki via the
                   text editor.
Severity/Risk:     Minor
Versions affected: 2.9 to 2.9.1, 2.8 to 2.8.7, 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier
                   unsupported versions
Versions fixed:    2.9.2, 2.8.8 and 2.7.10
Reported by:       John Provasnik
Issue no.:         MDL-48371
CVE identifier:    CVE-2015-5265
Changes (master):
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48371

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MSA-15-0033: Meta course synchronisation enrols suspended students as managers
for a short period of time

Description:       On large installations, when sync script takes a long time,
                   suspended students may get assigned a manager role in meta
                   course for several minutes
Issue summary:     Meta course sync enroling suspended students as managers
                   and causing large database growth
Severity/Risk:     Minor
Versions affected: 2.9 to 2.9.1, 2.8 to 2.8.7, 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier
                   unsupported versions
Versions fixed:    2.9.2, 2.8.8 and 2.7.10
Reported by:       Brian Winstead
Issue no.:         MDL-50744
CVE identifier:    CVE-2015-5266
Changes (master):
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50744

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MSA-15-0034: Vulnerability in password recovery mechanism

Description:       Password recovery token can be guessed because of php
                   randomisation limitations
Issue summary:     Vulnerability in password recovery mechanism
Severity/Risk:     Serious
Versions affected: 2.9 to 2.9.1, 2.8 to 2.8.7, 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier
                   unsupported versions
Versions fixed:    2.9.2, 2.8.8 and 2.7.10
Reported by:       Vincent Herbulot (@us3r777)
Issue no.:         MDL-50860
CVE identifier:    CVE-2015-5267
Changes (master):
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50860

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MSA-15-0035: Rating component does not check separate groups

Description:       When viewing ratings the group access was not properly
                   checked allowing users from other groups to view ratings
Issue summary:     Rating component does not check separate groups
Severity/Risk:     Minor
Versions affected: 2.9 to 2.9.1, 2.8 to 2.8.7, 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier
                   unsupported versions
Versions fixed:    2.9.2, 2.8.8 and 2.7.10
Reported by:       Juan Leyva
Issue no.:         MDL-50173
CVE identifier:    CVE-2015-5268
Changes (master):
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50173

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MSA-15-0036: XSS in grouping description

Description:       Capability to manage groups does not have XSS risk, however
                   it was possible to add XSS to the grouping description
Issue summary:     XSS in grouping description
Severity/Risk:     Minor
Versions affected: 2.9 to 2.9.1, 2.8 to 2.8.7, 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier
                   unsupported versions
Versions fixed:    2.9.2, 2.8.8 and 2.7.10
Reported by:       Marina Glancy
Issue no.:         MDL-50709
CVE identifier:    CVE-2015-5269
Changes (master):
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50709

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