CVE-2016-9920

NameCVE-2016-9920
Descriptionsteps/mail/sendmail.inc in Roundcube before 1.1.7 and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when no SMTP server is configured and the sendmail program is enabled, does not properly restrict the use of custom envelope-from addresses on the sendmail command line, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a modified HTTP request that sends a crafted e-mail message.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-737-1
Debian Bugs847287

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
roundcube (PTS)stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.2.3+dfsg.1-4+deb9u10fixed
buster, buster (lts)1.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u7fixed
buster (security)1.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.4.15+dfsg.1-1+deb11u4fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1.6.5+dfsg-1+deb12u4fixed
sid, trixie1.6.9+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
roundcubesourcewheezy0.7.2-9+deb7u5DLA-737-1
roundcubesource(unstable)1.2.3+dfsg.1-1847287

Notes

https://blog.ripstech.com/2016/roundcube-command-execution-via-email/
Fixed by: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/f84233785ddeed01445fc855f3ae1e8a62f167e1
Fixed by: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/aa6bf38843f51a0fc7205acc98a7b84f3c4c9c4f

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