fkie_cve-2014-7845
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2014-11-24 11:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
The generate_password function in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide a sufficient number of possible temporary passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
secalert@redhat.comhttps://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
moodle moodle *
moodle moodle 2.5.0
moodle moodle 2.5.1
moodle moodle 2.5.2
moodle moodle 2.5.3
moodle moodle 2.5.4
moodle moodle 2.5.5
moodle moodle 2.5.6
moodle moodle 2.5.7
moodle moodle 2.5.8
moodle moodle 2.6.0
moodle moodle 2.6.1
moodle moodle 2.6.2
moodle moodle 2.6.3
moodle moodle 2.6.4
moodle moodle 2.6.5
moodle moodle 2.7.0
moodle moodle 2.7.1
moodle moodle 2.7.2


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