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Gentoo: GLSA-201707-12 Normal: RoundCube Access Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The RoundCube flaw permits logged-in users to circumvent security measures. Immediate update is advised. Threat Level: Moderate.
A vulnerability in RoundCube may allow authenticated users to bypass security restrictions.

Summary

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo normal severity security bypass authenticated access RoundCube

Resolution

All RoundCube users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/roundcube-1.2.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-8114 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8114

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-11
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: RoundCube: Security bypass
Date: July 08, 2017
Bugs: #618322
ID: 201707-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo normal severity security bypass authenticated access RoundCube

Synopsis

A vulnerability in RoundCube may allow authenticated users to bypass security restrictions.

Background

Free and open source webmail software for the masses, written in PHP.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/roundcube < 1.2.5 >= 1.2.5

Impact

===== Authenticated users can bypass security restrictions and elevate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.