Debian dla-4415 : roundcube - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 279110

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4415 advisory.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4415-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Guilhem Moulin December 18, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : roundcube Version : 1.4.15+dfsg.1-1+deb11u6 CVE ID : CVE-2025-68460 CVE-2025-68461 Debian Bug : 1122899

Vulnerabilities were discovered in Roundcube, a skinnable AJAX based webmail solution for IMAP servers, which might lead to privilege escalation or information disclosure.

CVE-2025-68460

Information disclosure vulnerability in the HTML style sanitizer.

CVE-2025-68461

Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via SVG's `<animate>` tag, which could allow a remote attacker to load arbitrary JavaScript code and might lead to privilege escalation or information disclosure via malicious SVG document.

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.15+dfsg.1-1+deb11u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your roundcube packages.

For the detailed security status of roundcube please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/roundcube

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the roundcube packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/roundcube

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68460

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68461

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/roundcube

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279110

File Name: debian_DLA-4415.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-core, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-plugins, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-sqlite3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68460, CVE-2025-68461