GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-c3j6-33r4-89q3 Moodle Client side denial of service via personal message

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2024-04-23 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-20185
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
moodle/moodle
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-400, CWE-770
Reviewed
2024-04-23

Affected packages

• Packagist moodle/moodle: >= 3.5, < 3.5.16 → fixed in 3.5.16 • Packagist moodle/moodle: >= 3.8, < 3.8.7 → fixed in 3.8.7 • Packagist moodle/moodle: >= 3.9, < 3.9.4 → fixed in 3.9.4 • Packagist moodle/moodle: >= 3.10, < 3.10.1 → fixed in 3.10.1

Description

It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16 that messaging did not impose a character limit when sending messages, which could result in client-side (browser) denial of service for users receiving very large messages.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-20185 It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16 that messaging did not impose a character limit when sending… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References