MSA-21-0003: Client side denial of service via personal message

MSA-21-0003: Client side denial of service via personal message

by Michael Hawkins -
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Messaging did not impose a character limit when sending messages, which could result in client-side (browser) denial of service for users receiving very large messages.


Severity/Risk: Minor
Versions affected: 3.10, 3.9 to 3.9.3, 3.8 to 3.8.6, 3.5 to 3.5.15 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed: 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16
Reported by: Rik Gouw
CVE identifier: CVE-2021-20185
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-67782
Tracker issue: MDL-67782 Client side denial of service via personal message