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<!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>