| Description: | The word list for temporary password generation was short meaning the pool of possible passwords was not big enough. |
| Issue summary: | generate_password() is insecure and in use |
| Severity/Risk: | Minor |
| Versions affected: | 2.7 to 2.7.2, 2.6 to 2.6.5, 2.5 to 2.5.8 and earlier unsupported versions |
| Versions fixed: | 2.8, 2.7.3, 2.6.6 and 2.5.9 |
| Reported by: | Aaron Barnes |
| Issue no.: | MDL-47050 |
| Workaround: | Enable password policy |
| CVE identifier: | CVE-2014-7845 |
| Changes (master): | http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47050 |