MSA-12-0014: Password and Web services issue

MSA-12-0014: Password and Web services issue

by Michael de Raadt -
Number of replies: 0
Topic: core_user_update_users user password is reset if not specified
Severity: Minor
Versions affected: 2.2 to 2.2.1+, 2.1 to 2.1.4+, 2.0 to 2.0.7+
Reported by: Fábio Souto

Workaround:

Turn off web services

Issue no.: MDL-30878

CVE Identifier:

CVE-2012-1168

Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-30878

Description:

A Web service function for updating user profiles was resetting user passwords when they were not supplied with update information.