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                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     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.

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Debian dla-3712 : kodi - security update

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