Resource management error in Moodle - CVE-2024-55648
Published: December 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101811
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55648
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when handling guest sessions. A remote attacker can create multiple guest sessions that have a longer timeout compared to regular user sessions and potentially perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2024-55648
Install updates from vendor's website.
Moodle - addressed in versions 4.1.15, 4.3.9, 4.4.5, 4.5.1
moodle - addressed in versions 4.3.9-1.fc40, 4.4.5-1.fc41
moodle - addressed in versions 4.3.9-1.fc40, 4.4.5-1.fc41