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  2. USN-6848-1

USN-6848-1: Roundcube vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 June 2024

Overview

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

Releases

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. (

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)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic roundcube –  1.6.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
roundcube-core –  1.6.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
22.04 jammy roundcube –  1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm3  
roundcube-core –  1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm3  
20.04 focal roundcube –  1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
roundcube-core –  1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
18.04 bionic roundcube –  1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
roundcube-core –  1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
16.04 xenial roundcube –  1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm4  
roundcube-core –  1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm4  

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