Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
Intent URI permissions manipulation in nextcloud news-android
CVE-2021-41256
Description
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.
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Affected products
2<0.9.9.63+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <0.9.9.63
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.9.63
Patches
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References
3- github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.mdmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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