Moodle 1.9.7 release notes

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Highlights

• MDL-20591 - IMS Common Cartridge import (requires enabling in Site Administration > Miscellaneous > Experimental)
• MDL-13049 - Workshop module finally pushes grades into Gradebook during Synchronize legacy grades procedure
• Miscellaneous Workshop module fixes (MDL-20668, MDL-7218, MDL-20827)

Sicherheitsprobleme

Dieses Version enthält eine Reihe von Verbesserungen hinsichtlich Sicherheit und Persönlichkeitsschutz, und zwar bezogen auf die Handhabung von Nutzerdaten und Passworten bei der Sicherung von Moodle-Kursen, MDL-20851. (Bitte beachten Sie, dass MDL-20851 und alle nachfolgenden Sicherheitsmeldungen aktuell im Moodle-Tracker auf die Stufe "security" gesetzt und deswegen im Zugang eingeschränkt sind).

• MDL-20838 - Die Passworte werden ab sofort nicht mehr in die Kurssicherungenübernommen, auch wenn ein Kurs inclusive der Nutzerdaten gesichert wird.

Falls jemand wirklich die Passworte mitsichern muss (dies wäre der seltene Fall, dass eine Kurssicherung zusammen mit den Nutzerdaten in einer anderen Moodle-Instanz wiederhergestellt werden muss), so kann der Parameter $CFG->includeuserpasswordsinbackups in der config.php hinzugefügt werden.

• MDL-20846 - Restore has been fixed to cope with missing user password hashes in backups containing new user data. It will set the password to a special value that prevents login. The next time that user tries to log in with their username on this new site they get an explanation and are led through the standard password recovery process.
• MDL-20844 - We no longer include course+group enrolment keys in backups, unless 'includecoursepasswordsinbackup' is set. Instead, put in a marker to show that there was a key at some point.
• MDL-20866 - Restore is fixed to cope with missing course+group enrolment keys. The restore routine will now inform the user about it and ask them to type in new keys.
• MDL-18807 - To greatly reduce the risk of password theft, a password salt is set in config.php when installing 1.9.7 and for upgrades, a notification message strongly recommends admins to set a password salt. In addition, the security overview report gives a warning if no password salt has been set.
• MDL-20834 - A new capability moodle/backup:userinfo allows admins to choose whether teachers can include user data in a course backup. The capability is allowed for the default admin role only. The security overview report warns of roles with the capability allowed.
• MDL-20849 - We have implemented a new capability to allow teachers to restore user data (including creation of new users if required), called moodle/restore:userinfo. Not allowed by default, as above.
• MDL-20854 - To remove possible passwords hidden in existing backups, we have implemented a cleanup script to process existing backup files in moodledata and delete all password hashes from them.
• MDL-18006 - To improve password quality and reduce the chance of md5 lookup attack, the password policy is enabled by default in new installs, and switched on during upgrade to 1.9.7.
• MDL-20853 - To protect sites from old backups that are not accessible to Moodle, after upgrading to 1.9.7, admins are prompted to change their password on next login.
• MDL-19608 - To assist admins who might want to force their users to reset their passwords, a force password change option is available in Bulk user actions

Neues Sprachpaket

• Dhivehi - Ahmed Shareef, Moosa Ali, Amir Hussein

(Weitere Angaben in: Translation credits.)

See also

• Moodle 1.9.6 release notes