medium5.8
CVE-2021-41256
nextcloud news-android is an Android client for the Nextcloud news/feed reader app.
Impact
nextcloud news-android is an Android client for the Nextcloud news/feed reader app. In affected versions the Nextcloud News for Android app has a security issue by which a malicious application installed on the same device can send it an arbitrary Intent that gets reflected back, unintentionally giving read and write access to non-exported Content Providers in Nextcloud News for Android. Users should upgrade to version 0.9.9.63 or higher as soon as possible.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nextcloud | News | before 0.9.9.63 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.md
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.md
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3