Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. This affects versions before 1.0.11, 1.1.x before 1.1.9, and 1.2.x before 1.2.5. The problem is caused by an improperly restricted exec call in the virtualmin and sasl drivers of the password plugin.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. This affects versions before     1.0.11, 1.1.x before 1.1.9, and 1.2.x before 1.2.5. The problem is caused by an improperly restricted exec     call in the virtualmin and sasl drivers of the password plugin. (CVE-2017-8114)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

**Roundcube Webmail 1.2.5**

This is a security update to the stable version 1.2. It primarily fixes a recently discovered vulnerability in the virtualmin and sasl drivers of the password plugin plus adds a few cherry-picked bug fixes from upstream versions. A detailed list of changes is shown below.

It's considered stable and we recommend to update all productive installations of Roundcube with this version. Please do backup your data before updating!

CHANGELOG

  - Password: Fix security issue in virtualmin and sasl     drivers [CVE-2017-8114]

  - Fix re-positioning of the fixed header of messages list     in Chrome when using minimal mode toggle and About     dialog (#5711)

  - Fix so settings/upload.inc could not be used by plugins     (#5694)

  - Fix regression in LDAP fuzzy search where it always used     prefix search instead (#5713)

  - Fix bug where namespace prefix could not be truncated on     folders list if show_real_foldernames=true (#5695)

  - Fix bug where base_dn setting was ignored inside     group_filters (#5720)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201707-11 (RoundCube: Security bypass)

    Authenticated users can arbitrarily reset passwords due to a problem       caused by an improperly restricted exec call in the virtualmin and sasl       drivers of the password plugin.
  Impact :

    Authenticated users can bypass security restrictions and elevate       privileges.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Roundcube reports :

Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. The problem is caused by an improperly restricted exec call in the virtualmin and sasl drivers of the password plugin.

This update for roundcubemail fixes one security issues and two bugs.

The following vulnerability was fixed :

  - CVE-2017-8114: Authenticated users may have reset     arbitrary passwords (boo#1036955)

The following upstream bugs were fixed :

  - Fix regression in LDAP fuzzy search where it always used     prefix search instead

  - Fix bug where base_dn setting was ignored inside     group_filters

Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. The issue is caused by an improperly restricted exec call in the virtualmin and sasl drivers of the password plugin.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.2-9+deb7u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your roundcube packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
253985	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-8114	Nessus	Misc.	high
101656	Fedora 26 : roundcubemail (2017-7263e7d321)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
101342	GLSA-201707-11 : RoundCube: Security bypass	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
100737	FreeBSD : roundcube -- arbitrary password resets (bce47c89-4d3f-11e7-8080-a4badb2f4699)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
100203	openSUSE Security Update : roundcubemail (openSUSE-2017-580)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
100034	Fedora 25 : roundcubemail (2017-ede53aa845)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
100031	Fedora 24 : roundcubemail (2017-c8448d0cad)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
99999	Debian DLA-933-1 : roundcube security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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