RULE(RULE ID:332466)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2021-02-01
Rule Name: Moodle Client Side Denial Of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2021-20185)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: 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.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, Others
Reference: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=417168
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://moodle.org/security/