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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities (USN-5182-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183111

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5182-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail allowed JavaScript code to be present in the CDATA of an HTML message. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
 This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-12625)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail incorrectly processed login and logout POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to launch a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and force an authenticated user to be logged out. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-12626)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail incorrectly processed new plugin names in rcube_plugin_api.php.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information from local files or to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2020-12640)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not sanitize shell metacharacters recovered from variables in its configuration settings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code in the server. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-12641)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail incorrectly sanitized characters in the username template object.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-13964)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail allowed preview of text/html content. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to send a malicious XML attachment via an email message and execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2020-13965)

 Andrea Cardaci discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize HTML special characters when dealing with HTML messages that contained an SVG element in the XML namespace. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-15562)

 Lukasz Pilorz discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize HTML special characters when dealing with HTML messages that contained SVG documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-16145)

 Alex Birnberg discovered that Roundcube Webmail incorrectly sanitized characters in plain text e-mail messages that included link reference elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-35730)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize HTML special characters in warning messages that contained an attachment's filename extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-44025)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail incorrectly managed session variables related to search functionalities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a SQL injection attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-44026)

 It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize HTML special characters when dealing with HTML messages that contained CSS content. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM, Ubuntu 20.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-46144)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5182-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183111

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5182-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44026

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-pgsql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-plugins, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/13/2023, 7/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12625, CVE-2020-12626, CVE-2020-12640, CVE-2020-12641, CVE-2020-13964, CVE-2020-13965, CVE-2020-15562, CVE-2020-16145, CVE-2020-35730, CVE-2021-44025, CVE-2021-44026, CVE-2021-46144

USN: 5182-1