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UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3387 (CVE-2012-3387)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2012-07-23 21:55 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:50 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

Moodle 2.3.x before 2.3.1 uses only a client-side check for whether references are permitted in a file upload, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended alias (aka shortcut) restrictions via a client that omits this check.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3387	REPORT
	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1	REPORT
	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3387	REPORT

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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "moodle",
            "binary_version": "2.5.4-1ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "moodle",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/moodle@2.5.4-1ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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        "2.5.3-1",
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        "2.5.3-3"
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  ],
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3387",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:07Z",
  "published": "2012-07-23T21:55:00Z",
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3387"
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      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1"
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    },
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    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2012-3387"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:46Z"
}

CVE-2012-3387 (GCVE-0-2012-3387)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/49890	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54481	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Date Public

2012-07-17 00:00

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