[Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2009-078 - Moodle Course List - SQL Injection

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  * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-078
  * Project: Moodle Course List module (third-party module)
  * Version: 6.x
  * Date: 2009-October-21
  * Security risk: Critical
  * Exploitable from: Remote
  * Vulnerability: SQL Injection

-------- DESCRIPTION  
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The Moodle Course List module provides a block which displays links to a
user's Moodle courses. In some cases the module does not properly sanitize
user input, leading to a SQL Injection (SQL Injection [1]) vulnerability.
Such an attack may lead to a malicious user gaining full administrative
access.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED  
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  * Moodle Course List module versions 6.x prior to 6.x-1.2

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Moodle Course
List module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION  
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Install the latest version:
  * If you use the Moodle Course List module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Moodle
    Course List module 6.x-1.2 [2]

See also the Moodle Course List module project page [3].
-------- REPORTED BY  
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Charlie Gordon [4]
-------- FIXED BY  
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Adam Gerson [5], the module maintainer.
-------- CONTACT  
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The security team for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via
the form at http://drupal.org/contact.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Injection
[2] http://drupal.org/node/569734
[3] http://drupal.org/project/moodle_courselist
[4] http://drupal.org/user/157412
[5] http://drupal.org/user/293615