Mageia 6: MGASA-2018-0399 Critical: Calibre Remote Code Exec Update
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October 19, 2018
Updated calibre package fixes security vulnerability: gui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls cPickle.load on imported bookmark data, which allows remote attackers to...
Summary
Updated calibre package fixes security vulnerability:
gui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls cPickle.load on
imported bookmark data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code via a crafted .pickle file, as demonstrated by Python code that
contains an os.system call (CVE-2018-7889).
The python-html5-parser package is a new dependency for the updated calibre
package and has been included with this update.
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22814
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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7889
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/calibre-3.27.1-2.mga6
- 6/core/python-html5-parser-0.4.4-1.1.mga6
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Publication date: 19 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0399.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-7889
Topics Covered
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