SB2019101905 - Denial of service in Nextcloud Video Converter app



SB2019101905 - Denial of service in Nextcloud Video Converter app

Published: October 19, 2019 Updated: February 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019101905
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18214)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of concurrency when performing conversion of multiple FFmpeg streams. A remote attacker can consume all available CPU and memory resources and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.