Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-36395
In Moodle, the file repository's URL parsing required additional recursion handling to mitigate the risk of recursion denial of service.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2021-36395
- cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-36395
0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 37 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-36395
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
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3.6
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-36395
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The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.Assigned by: patrick@puiterwijk.org (Secondary)
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The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-36395
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https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=424801
Moodle.org: MSA-21-0023: Recursion denial of service possible due to recursive cURL in file repositoryPatch;Vendor Advisory
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