Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-0794 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Moodle

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
moodle
CWE-255
nessus
NVD
Published: 2012-07-17
Updated: 2023-02-13

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Moodle
27

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-0913.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2012-0792 CVE-2012-0793 CVE-2012-0794 CVE-2012-0795 CVE-2012-0796 CVE-2012-0797 CVE-2012-0798 CVE-2012-0799 CVE-2012-0800 CVE-2012-0801 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-02-03
    plugin id57815
    published2012-02-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57815
    titleFedora 16 : moodle-2.0.7-1.fc16 (2012-0913)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2012-0913.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(57815);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_bugtraq_id(51450);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-0913");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 16 : moodle-2.0.7-1.fc16 (2012-0913)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"CVE-2012-0792 CVE-2012-0793 CVE-2012-0794 CVE-2012-0795 CVE-2012-0796
CVE-2012-0797 CVE-2012-0798 CVE-2012-0799 CVE-2012-0800 CVE-2012-0801

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072726.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?156020df"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected moodle package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:moodle");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/02/03");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^16([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 16.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC16", reference:"moodle-2.0.7-1.fc16")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "moodle");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-0939.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2012-0792 CVE-2012-0793 CVE-2012-0794 CVE-2012-0795 CVE-2012-0796 CVE-2012-0797 CVE-2012-0798 CVE-2012-0799 CVE-2012-0800 CVE-2012-0801 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-02-03
    plugin id57816
    published2012-02-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57816
    titleFedora 15 : moodle-1.9.16-1.fc15 (2012-0939)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2012-0939.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(57816);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_bugtraq_id(51450);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-0939");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 15 : moodle-1.9.16-1.fc15 (2012-0939)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"CVE-2012-0792 CVE-2012-0793 CVE-2012-0794 CVE-2012-0795 CVE-2012-0796
CVE-2012-0797 CVE-2012-0798 CVE-2012-0799 CVE-2012-0800 CVE-2012-0801

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072712.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a12f56b9"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected moodle package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:moodle");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/02/03");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^15([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 15.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC15", reference:"moodle-1.9.16-1.fc15")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "moodle");
}
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2421.NASL
    descriptionSeveral security issues have been fixed in Moodle, a course management system for online learning : - CVE-2011-4308 / CVE-2012-0792 Rossiani Wijaya discovered an information leak in mod/forum/user.php. - CVE-2011-4584 MNet authentication didn
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-03-01
    plugin id58172
    published2012-03-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58172
    titleDebian DSA-2421-1 : moodle - several vulnerabilities
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2421. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(58172);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4308", "CVE-2011-4584", "CVE-2011-4585", "CVE-2011-4586", "CVE-2011-4587", "CVE-2011-4588", "CVE-2012-0792", "CVE-2012-0793", "CVE-2012-0794", "CVE-2012-0795", "CVE-2012-0796");
  script_bugtraq_id(50283, 50923, 51450, 51840);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2421");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2421-1 : moodle - several vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several security issues have been fixed in Moodle, a course management
system for online learning :

  - CVE-2011-4308 / CVE-2012-0792
    Rossiani Wijaya discovered an information leak in
    mod/forum/user.php.

  - CVE-2011-4584
    MNet authentication didn't prevent a user using 'Login
    as' from jumping to a remove MNet SSO.

  - CVE-2011-4585
    Darragh Enright discovered that the change password form
    was send in over plain HTTP even if httpslogin was set
    to 'true'.

  - CVE-2011-4586
    David Michael Evans and German Sanchez Gances discovered
    CRLF injection/HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities
    in the Calendar module.

  - CVE-2011-4587
    Stephen Mc Guiness discovered empty passwords could be
    entered in some circumstances.

  - CVE-2011-4588
    Patrick McNeill discovered that IP address restrictions
    could be bypassed in MNet.

  - CVE-2012-0796
    Simon Coggins discovered that additional information
    could be injected into mail headers.

  - CVE-2012-0795
    John Ehringer discovered that email addresses were
    insufficiently validated.

  - CVE-2012-0794
    Rajesh Taneja discovered that cookie encryption used a
    fixed key.

  - CVE-2012-0793
    Eloy Lafuente discovered that profile images were
    insufficiently protected. A new configuration option
    'forceloginforprofileimages' was introduced for that."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4308"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0792"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4584"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4585"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4586"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4587"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4588"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0796"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0795"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0794"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0793"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/moodle"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the moodle packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.9.dfsg2-2.1+squeeze3."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:moodle");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/02/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/03/01");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"moodle", reference:"1.9.9.dfsg2-2.1+squeeze3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

References