DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32728

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-32728
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32728.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32728
Upstream
Published
2021-08-18T16:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:15:02.817989Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with a computer. Clients using the Nextcloud end-to-end encryption feature download the public and private key via an API endpoint. In versions prior to 3.3.0, the Nextcloud Desktop client fails to check if a private key belongs to previously downloaded public certificate. If the Nextcloud instance serves a malicious public key, the data would be encrypted for this key and thus could be accessible to a malicious actor. This issue is fixed in Nextcloud Desktop Client version 3.3.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nextcloud-desktop

Package

Name
nextcloud-desktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nextcloud-desktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.1-2+deb11u1

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / nextcloud-desktop

Package

Name
nextcloud-desktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nextcloud-desktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / nextcloud-desktop

Package

Name
nextcloud-desktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nextcloud-desktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / nextcloud-desktop

Package

Name
nextcloud-desktop
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nextcloud-desktop?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}