Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2012-3394
Published: July 24, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43794
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3394
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
auth/ldap/ntlmsso_attempt.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.10, 2.1.x before 2.1.7, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.3.x before 2.3.1 redirects users from an https LDAP login URL to an http URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3394
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 1.9.19-1.el5, 1.9.19-2.el5, 1.9.19-3.el5, 2.1.7-1.el6