PT-2009-6430 · Moodle · Moodle

Published 2009-12-16 · Updated 2020-12-01 · CVE-2009-4304

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 1.8 through 1.8.10 Moodle versions 1.9 through 1.9.6

Description The issue makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force password guessing attacks because it does not use a random password salt in config.php.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 1.8 through 1.8.10, update to version 1.8.11 or later. For Moodle versions 1.9 through 1.9.6, update to version 1.9.7 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4304

DSA-2115-1

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 11

• http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4304 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes · Patch
• http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/37244 · Patch
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4304 · Note