Limited data exposure for shared external videos in BigBlueButton
Vulnerability Description
BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Starting in version 2.2 and prior to versions 2.3.18 and 2.4-rc-6, an attacker who is able to obtain the meeting identifier for a meeting on a server can find information related to an external video being shared, like the current timestamp and play/pause. The problem has been patched in versions 2.3.18 and 2.4-rc-6 by modifying the stream to send the data only for users in the meeting. There are currently no known workarounds.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-x82p-j22f-v4q6
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/13788
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/pull/14265
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v2.3.18
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v2.4-rc-6
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