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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202409-04
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 Severity: High
    Title: calibre: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: September 22, 2024
     Bugs: #918429, #936961
       ID: 202409-04

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in calibre, the worst of
which could lead to remote code execution.

Background
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calibre is a powerful and easy to use e-book manager.

Affected packages
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Package           Vulnerable    Unaffected
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app-text/calibre  < 7.16.0      >= 7.16.0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in calibre. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All calibre users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/calibre-7.16.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-46303
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46303
[ 2 ] CVE-2024-6781
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6781
[ 3 ] CVE-2024-6782
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6782
[ 4 ] CVE-2024-7008
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7008
[ 5 ] CVE-2024-7009
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7009

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-04

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5