CVE-2014-7845
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-11-24 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:03
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
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