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Missing rate limit when trying to join a password protected Nextcloud Talk conversation

Low
nickvergessen published GHSA-pf36-jvpv-4hwq Aug 8, 2022

Package

Talk (Nextcloud)

Affected versions

< 12.2.7, < 13.0.7, < 14.0.3

Patched versions

12.2.7, 13.0.7, 14.0.3

Description

Impact

If the conversation is password protected and an attacker got the link/conversation token, they can brute force the password because there is no brute force protection.

Patches

It is recommended that the Nextcloud Talk is upgraded to 12.2.7, 13.0.7 or 14.0.3

Workarounds

No workaround available apart from not having password protected conversations.

References

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Severity

Low
3.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2022-35932

Weaknesses

Credits