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Gentoo: GLSA-201706-17 Kodi Moderate Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2017
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Recent flaws in Kodi could enable remote code execution and facilitate Denial of Service incidents. It is advised to update your software.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Kodi, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution arbitrary code Denial of Service media player Kodi

Resolution

All Kodi users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-tv/kodi-17.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-3885 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3885 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-8314 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8314

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 20, 2017
Bugs: #549342, #619492
ID: 201706-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution arbitrary code Denial of Service media player Kodi

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Kodi, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software application.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-tv/kodi < 17.2 >= 17.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image file using Kodi, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker could entice a user process a specially crafted ZIP file containing subtitles using Kodi, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.