| Topic: | database activity advanced search can be very dangerous (backport of MDL-17327) |
| Severity/Risk: | Minor |
| Versions affected: | 2.2 to 2.2.3+, 2.1 to 2.1.6+, 2.0 to 2.0.9+, 1.9 to 1.9.18+ |
| Reported by: | Séverin Terrier |
| Issue no.: | MDL-32126 |
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CVE Identifier: |
CVE-2012-3398 |
| Changes (2.2): | http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=refs%2Fheads%2FMOODLE_22_STABLE&st=commit&s=MDL-32126 |
Description:
Inefficient queries on a database activity with a large number of records could have caused long periods of high CPU load, crippling a system.