CVE-2009-1171

Publication date 30 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Status

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No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
moodle	9.10 karmic	Fixed 1.9.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 1.9.4.dfsg-0ubuntu1.1
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1.8.2-1.2ubuntu2.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.2
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-791-2
Moodle vulnerability
24 June 2009

USN-791-1
Moodle vulnerabilities
24 June 2009

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1171