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CVE-2011-4587 Details

Description

lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 does not properly handle certain zero values in the password policy, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by leveraging the possible existence of user accounts that have unchangeable blank passwords.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e079e82c087becf06d902089d14f3f76686bde19 CVE
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=191755 CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761248 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421 CVE
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e079e82c087becf06d902089d14f3f76686bde19 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-255Credentials Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
moodle moodle
1.9.1
1.9.2
1.9.3
1.9.4
1.9.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-4587
NVD Published Date:
Jul 20, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-4587 Details - Not Deferred