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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>2017-10-22: 1</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>