BIT-moodle-2021-20185

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    BIT-moodle-2021-20185

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=417168, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20185

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: moodle

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/moodle

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.5.0
    Fixed -3.5.16

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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