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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9920: Roundcube: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 8, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

steps/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.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-roundcube
Title
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