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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201706-17 ] Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:21:26
Message-Id: 27ea2cf4-a5bf-2c5b-f029-b3efd506bdf2@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201706-17
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: June 20, 2017
10 Bugs: #549342, #619492
11 ID: 201706-17
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Kodi, the worst of which
19 could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software
25 application.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-tv/kodi < 17.2 >= 17.2
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image
45 file using Kodi, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
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47 Furthermore, a remote attacker could entice a user process a specially
48 crafted ZIP file containing subtitles using Kodi, possibly resulting in
49 execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
50 Denial of Service condition.
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52 Workaround
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55 There is no known workaround at this time.
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57 Resolution
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60 All Kodi users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-tv/kodi-17.2"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-3885
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3885
70 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-8314
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8314
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73 Availability
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76 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
77 the Gentoo Security Website:
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79 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-17
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81 Concerns?
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84 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
85 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
86 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
87 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
88 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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90 License
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93 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
94 belongs to its owner(s).
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96 The contents of this document are licensed under the
97 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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99 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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