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CVE-2020-8133 (GCVE-0-2020-8133)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-09 14:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48
VLAI
Summary
A wrong generation of the passphrase for the encrypted block in Nextcloud Server 19.0.1 allowed an attacker to overwrite blocks in a file.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-657 - Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Nextcloud Server Affected: 19.0.2
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