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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-4203

medium Nessus Plugin ID 261212

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

 - CRLF injection vulnerability in calendar/set.php in the Calendar component in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.6, 2.1.x before 2.1.3, and 2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via vectors involving the url variable. (CVE-2011-4203)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4203

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 261212

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2011_4203.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4203

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:moodle, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4203