Bug 2043417 (CVE-2021-40693) - CVE-2021-40693 moodle: authentication bypass risk when using external database
Summary: CVE-2021-40693 moodle: authentication bypass risk when using external database
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-40693
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2043418 2043419
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-01-21 08:43 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2022-01-21 09:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-01-21 09:31:40 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2022-01-21 08:43:16 UTC 
An authentication bypass risk was identified in the external database authentication functionality, due to a type juggling vulnerability.

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https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=427105
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2022-01-21 08:43:46 UTC 
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2043419]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2043418]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-01-21 09:31:38 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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