SB2019101812 - Insufficiently protected credentials in Nextcloud server 



SB2019101812 - Insufficiently protected credentials in Nextcloud server

Published: October 18, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019101812
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Insufficiently protected credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17393)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The Customer's Tomedo Server in Version 1.7.3 communicates to the Vendor Tomedo Server via HTTP (in cleartext) that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. Basic authentication is used for the authentication, making it possible to base64 decode the sniffed credentials and discover the username and password.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.