Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Roundcube: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201402-15 First vendor Publication 2014-02-11
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-02-11
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Roundcube could result in arbitrary code execution, SQL injection, or reading of arbitrary files.

Background

Roundcube is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface.

Description

A vulnerability in steps/utils/save_pref.inc allows remote attackers to use the _session parameter to change configuration settings.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, inject SQL code, or read arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Roundcube 0.9 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/roundcube-0.9.5"

All Roundcube 0.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/roundcube-0.8.7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6172 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6172

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-15.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-15.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-89 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19395
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19395
Title: DSA-2787-1 roundcube - design error
Description: It was discovered that roundcube, a skinnable AJAX based webmail solution for IMAP servers, does not properly sanitise the _session parameter in steps/utils/save_pref.inc during saving preferences. The vulnerability can be exploited to overwrite configuration settings and subsequently allowing random file access, manipulated SQL queries and even code execution.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2787-1
CVE-2013-6172
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7
Product(s): roundcube
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 66

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-210.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-12 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201402-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-19699.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-19745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-263.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-28 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2787.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-19729.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:38:10
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-11 13:20:25
  • First insertion