Mahara MNet Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50546
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 04 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 04 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Andrew Nichols
Vulnerable:	Mahara Mahara 1.3.6 Mahara Mahara 1.3.5 Mahara Mahara 1.3.4 Mahara Mahara 1.3.3 Mahara Mahara 1.3.3 Mahara Mahara 1.3 beta3 Mahara Mahara 1.3 beta2 Mahara Mahara 1.3 beta1 Mahara Mahara 1.2.5 Mahara Mahara 1.2.4 Mahara Mahara 1.2.3 Mahara Mahara 1.2 RC1 Mahara Mahara 1.2 beta4 Mahara Mahara 1.2 beta3 Mahara Mahara 1.2 beta1 Mahara Mahara 1.2 Beta Mahara Mahara 1.1.9 Mahara Mahara 1.1.9 Mahara Mahara 1.1.8 Mahara Mahara 1.1.7 Mahara Mahara 1.1.6 Mahara Mahara 1.1.5 Mahara Mahara 1.1.4 Mahara Mahara 1.1.3 Mahara Mahara 1.1.2 Mahara Mahara 1.1.1 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Beta4 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Beta3 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Beta2 Mahara Mahara 1.0.15 Mahara Mahara 1.0.15 Mahara Mahara 1.0.14 Mahara Mahara 1.0.13 Mahara Mahara 1.0.12 Mahara Mahara 1.0.11 Mahara Mahara 1.0.10 Mahara Mahara 1.0.9 Mahara Mahara 1.0.8 Mahara Mahara 1.0.7 Mahara Mahara 1.0.6 Mahara Mahara 1.0.5 Mahara Mahara 1.0.4 Mahara Mahara 1.0.3 Mahara Mahara 1.0.2 Mahara Mahara 1.0.1 Mahara Mahara 1.0 Mahara Mahara 0.9.1 Mahara Mahara 0.9 Mahara Mahara 1.3.2 Mahara Mahara 1.3.1 Mahara Mahara 1.3.0 RC1 Mahara Mahara 1.3.0 Beta4 Mahara Mahara 1.3.0 Mahara Mahara 1.2.7 Mahara Mahara 1.2.6 Mahara Mahara 1.2.5 Mahara Mahara 1.2.2 Mahara Mahara 1.2.1 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Alpha3 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Alpha2 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Alpha1 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Rc2 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Rc1 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Beta1 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Alpha3 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Alpha2 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Alpha1 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Mahara Mahara 0.9.2 Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:	Mahara Mahara 1.4.1

Mahara MNet Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Mahara is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on the affected computer.

Versions prior to Mahara 1.4.1 are vulnerable.

Mahara MNet Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

Mahara MNet Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available; please see the references for more information.

Mahara MNet Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• [SECURITY] [DSA 2334-1] mahara security update (Full Disclosure)
  
• Mahara 1.4.1 Release Notes (Mahara)
  
• Mahara Homepage (Mahara)