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CVE-2022-35649
Moodle PostScript Code Injection
Impact
The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to improper input validation when parsing PostScript code. An omitted execution parameter results in a remote code execution risk for sites running GhostScript versions older than 9.50. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | moodle/moodle | >= 3.9, < 3.9.15 | 3.9.15 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Moodle | Moodle | from 3.9.0 before 3.9.15 from 3.11.0 before 3.11.8 from 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 35, 36 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-75044
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106273
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436456
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp2f-9mx3-3c6p
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35649
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V