CVE-2017-0887 Business logic in Nextcloud Server

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated users can bypass storage quotas by manipulating the OC-Total-Length header, allowing them to exceed allocated disk space limits.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-0887?

CVE-2017-0887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Nextcloud Server, published on 5 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Nextcloud Server before 9.0.55 and 10.0.2 suffers from a bypass in the quota limitation. Due to not properly sanitizing values provided by the `OC-Total-Length` HTTP header an authenticated adversary may be able to exceed their configured user quota. Thus using more space than allowed by the administrator.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-807

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0887?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nextcloud Nextcloud Server.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0887?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0887 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-0887 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0887 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nextcloud Nextcloud Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fxf7-m32w-qh93.

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