Nextcloud Desktop: Initialization vector reuse in E2EE allows malicious server admin to break, manipulate, access files
Summary
Nextcloud Desktop: Initialization vector reuse in E2EE allows malicious server admin to break, manipulate, access files
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server. Starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.6.5, a malicious server administrator can recover and modify the contents of end-to-end encrypted files. Users should upgrade the Nextcloud Desktop client to 3.6.5 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28997 nextcloud-desktop Fixed in: 3.1.1-2+deb11u2
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- patch github.com
- web ethz.ch
- web lists.debian.org