calibre: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202409-04

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

Affected packages

app-text/calibre on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.16.0
Unaffected versions >= 7.16.0

Background

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

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All calibre users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

Release date
September 22, 2024

Latest revision
September 22, 2024: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local and remote

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