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: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201710-21 First vendor Publication 2017-10-22
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-10-22
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

An integer overflow vulnerability in Kodi could result in remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Kodi is a free and open source media-center and entertainment hub previously known as XBMC.

Description

Kodi is vulnerable due to shipping with an embedded version of UnRAR.
Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specifically crafted RAR file, could execute arbitrary code.

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-17.3-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6706 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6706

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-21

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201710-21.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 5

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-04-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201804-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-27 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2018-976.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-d2b08aa37f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-602b5345fa.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201710-21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201709-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-724.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201708-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-15 Name : The remote host running McAfee Web Gateway is affected by multiple code execu...
File : mcafee_web_gateway_sb10205.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-07 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-779.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-05 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1760-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-05 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1763-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-03 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1745-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-30 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1716-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-28 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-10-24 13:25:29
  • Multiple Updates
2017-10-22 05:21:52
  • First insertion