Denial of service in Nextcloud Server and Enterprise Server



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-41969
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Nextcloud Server
Client/Desktop applications / Messaging software

Nextcloud Enterprise Server
Client/Desktop applications / Messaging software

Vendor Nextcloud

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU69804

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41969

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote administrator can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Nextcloud Server: 23.0.0 - 24.0.6

Nextcloud Enterprise Server: 22.2.0 - 24.0.6

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-4gm7-j7wg-m4fx


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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