gsd-2021-20185
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2021-20185


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    "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.",
    "id": "GSD-2021-20185"
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      "remediation": "unknown",
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      "publishedDate": "2021-01-28T20:15Z"
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