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CVE-2021-41177

Rate-limits not working on instances without configured memory cache backend PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted productivity platform. Prior to versions 20.0.13, 21.0.5, and 22.2.0, Nextcloud Server did not implement a database backend for rate-limiting purposes. Any component of Nextcloud using rate-limits (as as `AnonRateThrottle` or `UserRateThrottle`) was thus not rate limited on instances not having a memory cache backend configured. In the case of a default installation, this would notably include the rate-limits on the two factor codes. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server be upgraded to 20.0.13, 21.0.5, or 22.2.0. As a workaround, enable a memory cache backend in `config.php`.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
nextcloud / security-advisoriesaffected < 20.0.13; affected >= 21.0.0, < 21.0.5; affected < 22.2.0

CWE

CWE-799

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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