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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Roundcube Webmail vulnerability (USN-7636-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 242199

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7636-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail incorrectly handled sanitization in the message_body function. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to send and receive emails as another user.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7636-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 242199

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7636-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2025

Updated: 7/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42009

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-sqlite3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42009

IAVA: 2024-A-0470-S

USN: 7636-1