CVE-2009-1171 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html http://secunia.com/advisories/34517 http://secunia.com/advisories/34557 http://secunia.com/advisories/34600 http://secunia.com/advisories/35570 http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278 https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html