metadata/glsa/glsa-201706-17.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201706-17">
  <title>Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Kodi, the worst of
    which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">kodi</product>
  <announced>2017-06-20</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-06-20</revised>
  <bug>549342</bug>
  <bug>619492</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-tv/kodi" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">17.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">17.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software
      application.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image
      file using Kodi, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
    
    <p>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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Kodi users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-tv/kodi-17.2"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3885">CVE-2015-3885</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8314">CVE-2017-8314</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-06-06T16:37:32Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-20T17:18:36Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>