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Potential hash collision for background jobs could skip queuing them

Low
nickvergessen published GHSA-2q6f-gjgj-7hp4 Nov 15, 2024

Package

Server (Nextcloud)

Affected versions

>= 28.0.0, >= 29.0.0, >= 30.0.0

Patched versions

28.0.10, 29.0.7, 30.0.0
Server (Nextcloud Enterprise)
>= 28.0.0, >= 29.0.0, >= 30.0.0
28.0.10, 29.0.7, 30.0.0

Description

Impact

MD5 hashes were used to check background jobs for their uniqueness. This increased the chances of a background job with arguments falsely being identified as already existing and not be queued for execution. By changing the Hash to SHA256 the probability was heavily decreased.

Patches

It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 28.0.10, 29.0.7 or 30.0.0
It is recommended that the Nextcloud Enterprise Server is upgraded to 28.0.10, 29.0.7 or 30.0.0

Workarounds

  • No workaround available

References

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Severity

Low

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2024-52521

Weaknesses

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