Debian dla-3862 : calibre - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 206425

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3862 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3862-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk September 02, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : calibre Version : 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u3 CVE ID : CVE-2021-44686 CVE-2023-46303 Debian Bug :

Two vulnerabilities have been fixed in the e-book manager Calibre.

CVE-2021-44686

Regular Expression Denial of Service

CVE-2023-46303

HTML Input: Don't add resources that exist outside the document root by default

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your calibre packages.

For the detailed security status of calibre please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/calibre

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the calibre packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206425

File Name: debian_DLA-3862.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/2/2024

Updated: 9/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44686

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46303

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:calibre, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:calibre-bin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44686, CVE-2023-46303

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