CVE-2012-0794: Medium severity moodle vulnerability

Published Jul 17, 2012
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Updated

The rc4encrypt function in lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.16, 2.0.x before 2.0.7, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 uses a hardcoded password of nfgjeingjk, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by reading this script's source code within the open-source software distribution.

Affected Software

27 affected components
Moodle moodle=1.9.1
Moodle moodle=1.9.2
Moodle moodle=1.9.3
Moodle moodle=1.9.4
Moodle moodle=1.9.5
Moodle moodle=1.9.6
Moodle moodle=1.9.7
Moodle moodle=1.9.8
Moodle moodle=1.9.9
Moodle moodle=1.9.10
Moodle moodle=1.9.11
Moodle moodle=1.9.12
Moodle moodle=1.9.13
Moodle moodle=1.9.14
Moodle moodle=1.9.15
Moodle moodle=2.0.0
Moodle moodle=2.0.1
Moodle moodle=2.0.2
Moodle moodle=2.0.3
Moodle moodle=2.0.4
Moodle moodle=2.0.5
Moodle moodle=2.0.6
Moodle moodle=2.1.0
Moodle moodle=2.1.1
Moodle moodle=2.1.2
Moodle moodle=2.1.3
Moodle moodle=2.2.0

Event History

Jul 17, 2012
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is there a workaround for CVE-2012-0794 if an update cannot be applied immediately?

Currently, there is no specific workaround for CVE-2012-0794 other than applying the necessary updates as soon as possible.

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