Debian dsa-6087 : roundcube - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 279439

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6087 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6087-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso December 19, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : roundcube CVE ID : CVE-2025-68460 CVE-2025-68461 Debian Bug : 1122899

It was discovered that roundcube, a skinnable AJAX based webmail solution for IMAP servers, is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document and a information disclosure vulnerability in the HTML style sanitizer.

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.5+dfsg-1+deb12u6.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.12+dfsg-0+deb13u1.

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 Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279439

File Name: debian_DSA-6087.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/19/2025

Updated: 2/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68460

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-core, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-plugins, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:roundcube-sqlite3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/13/2026

Reference Information

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

IAVA: 2026-A-0097

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