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Security Vulnerabilities in Roundcube Webmail for Ubuntu 18.04 USN-8132-1

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues in Roundcube Webmail for Ubuntu fixed. Update advised for affected versions immediately.
Several security issues were fixed in Roundcube Webmail.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Roundcube Webmail.

Software Description:

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

Details:

It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize

certain HTML elements within the e-mail body. An attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause a cross-site scripting attack. This issue was only

addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4068, CVE-2016-4069)

It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly handle certain

configuration parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

(CVE-2016-9920)

It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize CSS styles

within SVG documents. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

a cross-site scripting attack. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

(CVE-2017-6820)

It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not prope...

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution cross site scripting Ubuntu roundcube IMAP injection

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  roundcube-core                  1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  roundcube-plugins               1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  roundcube-core                  1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  roundcube-plugins               1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8132-1

CVE-2016-4068, CVE-2016-4069, CVE-2016-9920, CVE-2017-6820,

CVE-2017-8114, CVE-2018-1000071, CVE-2018-19205, CVE-2018-19206,

CVE-2018-9846, CVE-2019-10740

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8132-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution cross site scripting Ubuntu roundcube IMAP injection

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