GHSA-6vjg-2q57-rgfw
Moodle allows attackers to cause a denial of service
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | < 2.5.9 | 2.5.9 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.6 | 2.6.6 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.3 | 2.7.3 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
iplookup/index.php 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by triggering the calculation of an estimated latitude and longitude for an IP address.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7847
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/324b018bbce2f56198fe8808968bad6c8798710a
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/35a60cbb382d78ddb9d54c772816db4c5007ca7e
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6ec47a64acf8576916c20dcbb436b0ae41a63440
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/eb46bf2f4e80f4421255f6aee00b73448ba582a7
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275158
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150914064838/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47321
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11