Directory Traversal Affecting kodi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
77.98% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-KODI-343978
  • published28 Feb 2017
  • disclosed28 Feb 2017

Introduced: 28 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5982  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 kodi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kodi package and not the kodi package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Chorus2 2.4.2 add-on for Kodi allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2E%2E%252e (encoded dot dot slash) in the image path, as demonstrated by image/image%3A%2F%2F%2e%2e%252fetc%252fpasswd.