glsa-201710-21.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201710-21">
  <title>Kodi: Arbitrary code execution </title>
  <synopsis>An integer overflow vulnerability in Kodi could result in remote
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">kodi</product>
  <announced>2017-10-22</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-10-22</revised>
  <bug>622384</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-tv/kodi" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">17.3-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">17.3-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Kodi is a free and open source media-center and entertainment hub
      previously known as XBMC.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Kodi is vulnerable due to shipping with an embedded version of UnRAR.
      Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specifically crafted
      RAR file, could execute arbitrary code.
    </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-17.3-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6706">CVE-2012-6706</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-10-18T03:54:48Z">jmbailey</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-10-22T00:24:12Z">jmbailey</metadata>
</glsa>