Debian dla-3712 : kodi - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 189358

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3712 advisory.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3712-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Abhijith PA January 17, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : kodi Version : 2:17.6+dfsg1-4+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2017-5982 CVE-2021-42917 CVE-2023-23082 CVE-2023-30207

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi, a media-player and entertainment hub.

CVE-2017-5982

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Kodi allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2E%2E%252e (encoded dot dot slash) in the image path.

CVE-2021-42917

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Kodi, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to improper length of values passed to istream

CVE-2023-23082

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Kodi allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to an improper length of the value passed to the offset argument.

CVE-2023-30207

A divide by zero issue discovered in Kodi allows attackers to cause a denial of service via use of crafted mp3 file

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2:17.6+dfsg1-4+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your kodi packages.

For the detailed security status of kodi please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/kodi

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the kodi packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189358

File Name: debian_DLA-3712.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2024

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-addons-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-repository-kodi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-ps3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-kodi-send, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-wiiremote, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-bin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5982, CVE-2021-42917, CVE-2023-23082, CVE-2023-30207

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