Bug 1417556 (CVE-2016-10187)

Summary:	CVE-2016-10187 calibre: Javascript in the book can access files on the computer using XMLHttpRequest
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	audrey, chkr, helio, kevin, nushio, sysoutfran, voxadam, zbyszek
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-01-30 09:26:07 UTC

A vulnerability was found in Calibre. It was found that a javascript present in the book can access files on the computer using XMLHttpRequest.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/3a89718664cb8c

Upstream bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1651728

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-01-30 09:26:37 UTC

Created calibre tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1417557]

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-01 08:41:17 UTC

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/242

Comment 3 Adam Hunt 2017-10-02 21:11:52 UTC

A fix for this CVE was merged in Calibre on 21/12/2016 and became part of version 3.1.1.

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/3a89718664cb8c

Comment 4 Audrey Yeena Toskin 2019-05-24 18:48:36 UTC

If the fix was merged in Calibre 3.1.1, then we can probably close this ticket, right? 3.1.1 was a while ago.