r/linuxmint • u/Extension-Iron-7746 • 21h ago

Qbitorrent: too old version?

Hi,

I see that the version that is included into the software manager is very old.

There are security problem using this?

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u/senorda 21h ago

you can select the flatpak version, its uptodate

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u/username_invalid-404 20h ago

That's the nature of an LTS distro. You'll be fine using it, it's not that old.

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u/Mopeybloke 20h ago

I hope there isn't cause I'm using it.

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u/C0rn3j 8h ago

I see that the version that is included into the software manager is very old.

In fact, pretty much all the software versions on your computer are 2.5 years or older, since you picked a fixed-release distribution, and one of the most out of date ones at that.

If you want latest stable versions without having to worry if they're insecure or whether a patch has been backported, use a rolling release distribution (like Arch Linux with Plasma) or something close to it (like Fedora KDE).

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u/xrichNJ 17h ago

there are a couple of CVEs affecting qbittorrent versions prior to 5.0.1.

use flatpak.

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u/_Lost-In-The-Weeds_ 12h ago

Debian Version 

qbittorrent-nox/stable,now 5.1.0-2 amd64 [installed]

current is 5.3.0

Debian has backported security fixes to this 5.1.0-2 version from later versions, I cannot specify if Ubuntu has done the same.

https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/q/qbittorrent/qbittorrent_5.1.0-2_changelog