A flaw was found in moodle versions 3.5 to 3.5.2, 3.4 to 3.4.5, 3.3 to 3.3.8, 3.1 to 3.1.14 and earlier. The login form is not protected by a token to prevent login cross-site request forgery. Fixed versions include 3.6, 3.5.3, 3.4.6, 3.3.9 and 3.1.15.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in moodle versions 3.5 to 3.5.2, 3.4 to 3.4.5, 3.3 to 3.3.8, 3.1 to 3.1.14 and earlier.
    The login form is not protected by a token to prevent login cross-site request forgery. Fixed versions     include 3.6, 3.5.3, 3.4.6, 3.3.9 and 3.1.15. (CVE-2018-16854)

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There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A flaw was found in moodle versions 3.5 to 3.5.2, 3.4 to 3.4.5, 3.3 to 3.3.8, 3.1 to 3.1.14 and earlier.
    The login form is not protected by a token to prevent login cross-site request forgery. Fixed versions
    include 3.6, 3.5.3, 3.4.6, 3.3.9 and 3.1.15. (CVE-2018-16854)

CVE-2018-16854

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moodle reports :

The login form is not protected by a token to prevent login cross-site request forgery.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
261111	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-16854	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
433410	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-xj5f-qv37-r9jc)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
433410	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-xj5f-qv37-r9jc)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
120909	Fedora 28 : moodle (2018-f4910a3260)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
120496	Fedora 29 : moodle (2018-6a4a3b78fd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
119316	FreeBSD : moodle -- Login CSRF vulnerability (889e35f4-f6a0-11e8-82dc-fcaa147e860e)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	high
119291	Fedora 27 : moodle (2018-4ec3eecd7f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high

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