Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201706-17 First vendor Publication 2017-06-20
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-06-20
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Description

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

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.

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

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201706-17.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-01-17 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1243.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3492-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-31 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-2300-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201706-17.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-25 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-60.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-54.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3692.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8196.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8170.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-243.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8671.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8717.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8706.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8699.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8647.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8621.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8498.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8482.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-228.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8444.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8432.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8266.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8247.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-8085.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-378.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-18 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_57325ecffacc11e4968fb888e347c638.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-06-22 13:23:57
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-20 21:21:37
  • First insertion