GLSA 201707-11: RoundCube: Security bypass

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Severity:	normal
Title:	RoundCube: Security bypass
Date:	07/08/2017
Bugs:	#618322
ID:	201707-11

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.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
mail-client/roundcube	< 1.2.5	>= 1.2.5	All supported architectures

Description

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.

Impact

Authenticated users can bypass security restrictions and elevate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RoundCube users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/roundcube-1.2.5"

References

CVE-2017-8114

Availability

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

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.