Kodi: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software application.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kodi. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image file using Kodi, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Kodi users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-tv/kodi-17.2"