{"id":"MGASA-2018-0399","summary":"Updated calibre packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Updated calibre package fixes security vulnerability:\n\ngui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls cPickle.load on\nimported bookmark data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary\ncode via a crafted .pickle file, as demonstrated by Python code that\ncontains an os.system call (CVE-2018-7889).\n\nThe python-html5-parser package is a new dependency for the updated calibre\npackage and has been included with this update.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:06.954760985Z","published":"2018-10-19T18:00:37Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-7889"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0399.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22814"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/VUNMTXK3UTN636LOBG63UDSTVM4AF26T/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"calibre","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/calibre?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.27.1-2.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0399.json"}},{"package":{"name":"python-html5-parser","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/python-html5-parser?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.4-1.1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0399.json"}},{"package":{"name":"python-lxml","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/python-lxml?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.8.0-1.1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0399.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}