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USN-6848-1: Roundcube vulnerabilities

25 June 2024

Roundcube could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

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Packages

  • roundcube - skinnable AJAX based webmail solution for IMAP servers - metapack

Details

Matthieu Faou and Denys Klymenko discovered that Roundcube incorrectly
handled certain SVG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to load arbitrary JavaScript code. This issue only affected Ubuntu
18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10.
(CVE-2023-5631)

Rene Rehme discovered that Roundcube incorrectly handled certain headers.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary
JavaScript code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-47272)

Valentin T. and Lutz Wolf discovered that Roundcube incorrectly handled
certain SVG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
load arbitrary JavaScript code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2024-37383)

Huy Nguyễn Phạm Nhật discovered that Roundcube incorrectly handled
certain fields in user preferences. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to load arbitrary JavaScript code. (CVE-2024-37384)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

After a standard system update you need to restart Roundcube to make
all the necessary changes.

References

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