Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-9846 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
roundcube
debian
CWE-20
nessus

Summary

In Roundcube from versions 1.2.0 to 1.3.5, with the archive plugin enabled and configured, it's possible to exploit the unsanitized, user-controlled "_uid" parameter (in an archive.php _task=mail&_mbox=INBOX&_action=plugin.move2archive request) to perform an MX (IMAP) injection attack by placing an IMAP command after a %0d%0a sequence. NOTE: this is less easily exploitable in 1.3.4 and later because of a Same Origin Policy protection mechanism.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_48894CA93E6F11E892F0F0DEF167EEEA.NASL
    descriptionUpstream reports : This update primarily fixes a recently discovered IMAP-cmd-injection vulnerability caused by insufficient input validation within the archive plugin. Details about the vulnerability are published under CVE-2018-9846.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109052
    published2018-04-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109052
    titleFreeBSD : roundcube -- IMAP command injection vulnerability (48894ca9-3e6f-11e8-92f0-f0def167eeea)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(109052);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-9846");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : roundcube -- IMAP command injection vulnerability (48894ca9-3e6f-11e8-92f0-f0def167eeea)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Upstream reports :
    
    This update primarily fixes a recently discovered IMAP-cmd-injection
    vulnerability caused by insufficient input validation within the
    archive plugin. Details about the vulnerability are published under
    CVE-2018-9846."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://roundcube.net/news/2018/04/11/security-update-1.3.6"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/48894ca9-3e6f-11e8-92f0-f0def167eeea.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?73498061"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:roundcube");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/04/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/13");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/04/16");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"roundcube<=1.3.5,1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-C279B3696F.NASL
    descriptionUpstream announcement : **Version 1.3.6** This is a security update to the stable version 1.3. It primarily fixes a recently discovered IMAP command injection vulnerability caused by insufficient input validation within the archive plugin. Details about the vulnerability are published under CVE-2018-9846. Additionally, we back-ported some minor fixes from the master branch which improve PHP 7.2 compatibility as well as PGP signing and key handling for those who use the Enigma plugin. See the complete changelog below. We strongly recommend to update all productive installations of Roundcube. Please do backup your data before updating! **CHANGELOG** - Fix parsing date strings (e.g. from a Date: mail header) with comments (#6216) - Fix PHP 7.2: count(): Parameter must be an array in enchant-based spellchecker (#6234) - Fix possible IMAP command injection and type juggling vulnerabilities (#6229) - Enigma: Fix key selection for signing - Enigma: Enable keypair generation on Internet Explorer 11 - Fix check_request() bypass in places using get_uids() [CVE-2018-9846] (#6238) - Fix bug where usernames without domain part could be malformed or converted to lower-case on logon (#6224) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2019-01-03
    plugin id120762
    published2019-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120762
    titleFedora 28 : roundcubemail (2018-c279b3696f)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2018-c279b3696f.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(120762);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-9846");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-c279b3696f");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 28 : roundcubemail (2018-c279b3696f)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Upstream announcement :
    
    **Version 1.3.6**
    
    This is a security update to the stable version 1.3. It primarily
    fixes a recently discovered IMAP command injection vulnerability
    caused by insufficient input validation within the archive plugin.
    Details about the vulnerability are published under CVE-2018-9846.
    
    Additionally, we back-ported some minor fixes from the master branch
    which improve PHP 7.2 compatibility as well as PGP signing and key
    handling for those who use the Enigma plugin. See the complete
    changelog below.
    
    We strongly recommend to update all productive installations of
    Roundcube. Please do backup your data before updating!
    
    **CHANGELOG**
    
      - Fix parsing date strings (e.g. from a Date: mail header)
        with comments (#6216)
    
      - Fix PHP 7.2: count(): Parameter must be an array in
        enchant-based spellchecker (#6234)
    
      - Fix possible IMAP command injection and type juggling
        vulnerabilities (#6229)
    
      - Enigma: Fix key selection for signing
    
      - Enigma: Enable keypair generation on Internet Explorer
        11
    
      - Fix check_request() bypass in places using get_uids()
        [CVE-2018-9846] (#6238)
    
      - Fix bug where usernames without domain part could be
        malformed or converted to lower-case on logon (#6224)
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
    Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as
    possible without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-c279b3696f"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected roundcubemail package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:roundcubemail");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/04/07");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/03");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^28([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 28", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC28", reference:"roundcubemail-1.3.6-1.fc28")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "roundcubemail");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4181.NASL
    descriptionAndrea Basile discovered that the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109410
    published2018-04-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109410
    titleDebian DSA-4181-1 : roundcube - security update
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-57FBDB1CB5.NASL
    descriptionUpstream announcement : **Version 1.3.6** This is a security update to the stable version 1.3. It primarily fixes a recently discovered IMAP command injection vulnerability caused by insufficient input validation within the archive plugin. Details about the vulnerability are published under CVE-2018-9846. Additionally, we back-ported some minor fixes from the master branch which improve PHP 7.2 compatibility as well as PGP signing and key handling for those who use the Enigma plugin. See the complete changelog below. We strongly recommend to update all productive installations of Roundcube. Please do backup your data before updating! **CHANGELOG** - Fix parsing date strings (e.g. from a Date: mail header) with comments (#6216) - Fix PHP 7.2: count(): Parameter must be an array in enchant-based spellchecker (#6234) - Fix possible IMAP command injection and type juggling vulnerabilities (#6229) - Enigma: Fix key selection for signing - Enigma: Enable keypair generation on Internet Explorer 11 - Fix check_request() bypass in places using get_uids() [CVE-2018-9846] (#6238) - Fix bug where usernames without domain part could be malformed or converted to lower-case on logon (#6224) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-04-23
    plugin id109222
    published2018-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109222
    titleFedora 27 : roundcubemail (2018-57fbdb1cb5)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-F6DC921A19.NASL
    descriptionUpstream announcement : **Version 1.3.6** This is a security update to the stable version 1.3. It primarily fixes a recently discovered IMAP command injection vulnerability caused by insufficient input validation within the archive plugin. Details about the vulnerability are published under CVE-2018-9846. Additionally, we back-ported some minor fixes from the master branch which improve PHP 7.2 compatibility as well as PGP signing and key handling for those who use the Enigma plugin. See the complete changelog below. We strongly recommend to update all productive installations of Roundcube. Please do backup your data before updating! **CHANGELOG** - Fix parsing date strings (e.g. from a Date: mail header) with comments (#6216) - Fix PHP 7.2: count(): Parameter must be an array in enchant-based spellchecker (#6234) - Fix possible IMAP command injection and type juggling vulnerabilities (#6229) - Enigma: Fix key selection for signing - Enigma: Enable keypair generation on Internet Explorer 11 - Fix check_request() bypass in places using get_uids() [CVE-2018-9846] (#6238) - Fix bug where usernames without domain part could be malformed or converted to lower-case on logon (#6224) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-04-23
    plugin id109227
    published2018-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109227
    titleFedora 26 : roundcubemail (2018-f6dc921a19)