**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.

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 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.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8132-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize

    certain HTML elements within the e-mail body. An attacker could possibly

    use this issue to cause a cross-site scripting attack. This issue was only

    addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4068, CVE-2016-4069)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly handle certain

    configuration parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

    execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

    (CVE-2016-9920)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize CSS styles

    within SVG documents. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

    a cross-site scripting attack. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6820)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly restrict exec call in

    certain drivers of the password plugin. An authenticated user could possibly

    use this issue to perform arbitrary password resets. This issue was only addressed in

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-8114)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly set file permissions within

    the Enigma plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to exfiltrate GPG private

    keys via network connectivity. (CVE-2018-1000071)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly handle GnuPG MDC

    integrity-protection warnings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain

    sensitive information from encrypted communications. (CVE-2018-19205)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize <svg> and <style> tags within HTML     attachments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

    cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2018-19206)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly handle partially encrypted multipart messages.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

    leaking of the plaintext of encrypted messages via an email reply. (CVE-2019-10740)

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize a certain parameter

    within the archive plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an

    IMAP injection attack. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-9846)

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

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

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 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	Published	Updated	Severity
100034	Fedora 25 : roundcubemail (2017-ede53aa845)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	5/9/2017	12/19/2025	high
100203	openSUSE Security Update : roundcubemail (openSUSE-2017-580)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/16/2017	12/18/2025	high
101656	Fedora 26 : roundcubemail (2017-7263e7d321)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	7/17/2017	12/10/2025	high
100031	Fedora 24 : roundcubemail (2017-c8448d0cad)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	5/9/2017	12/19/2025	high
100737	FreeBSD : roundcube -- arbitrary password resets (bce47c89-4d3f-11e7-8080-a4badb2f4699)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	6/12/2017	12/16/2025	high
304432	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities (USN-8132-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	3/31/2026	3/31/2026	high
101342	GLSA-201707-11 : RoundCube: Security bypass	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	7/10/2017	12/12/2025	high
99999	Debian DLA-933-1 : roundcube security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	5/8/2017	12/19/2025	high

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