CVE-2009-4304

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 does not use a random password salt in config.php, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force password guessing attacks.

Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 does not use a random password salt in config.php, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force password guessing attacks.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Moodle

First reported 15 years ago

2009-12-16 01:30:00

Last updated 15 years ago

2009-12-17 05:00:00

Affected Software

Moodle 1.8

1.8

Moodle 1.8.1

1.8.1

Moodle 1.8.2

1.8.2

Moodle 1.8.3

1.8.3

Moodle 1.8.4

1.8.4

Moodle 1.8.5

1.8.5

Moodle 1.8.7

1.8.7

Moodle 1.8.8

1.8.8

Moodle 1.8.9

1.8.9

Moodle 1.8.10

1.8.10

Moodle 1.9

1.9

Moodle 1.9.1

1.9.1

Moodle 1.9.2

1.9.2

Moodle 1.9.3

1.9.3

Moodle 1.9.4

1.9.4

Moodle 1.9.5

1.9.5

Moodle 1.9.6

1.9.6

References

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes

Patch

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes

Patch

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139111

Patch, Vendor Advisory

37614

Vendor Advisory

37244

Patch

ADV-2009-3455

Patch, Vendor Advisory

FEDORA-2009-13040

FEDORA-2009-13065

FEDORA-2009-13080

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