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CVE-2021-41256 Detail

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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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.md Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3 Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-41256
NVD Published Date:
11/30/2021
NVD Last Modified:
12/02/2021
Source:
GitHub, Inc.