Moodle Temporary Passwords are Brute Force-able
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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-7845US | high7.5 | — | ||
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 p… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050WEB
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11WEB
- https://github.com/moodle/moodlePACKAGE
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/04f2e83ce76cf931e6614497c1a7cc6c8afb9454WEB
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/3128901f99d41d9368e81ffc67f4bc0535221e02WEB
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/40a04658232d898223462f84d8cd35510338acbeWEB
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ece03f3b13c5eefa7bb008401b9414eed620eebcWEB
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275152WEB
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