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Debian dla-4423 : kodi - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 280114

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4423 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4423-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Abhijith PA December 28, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : kodi Version : 2:19.1+dfsg2-2+deb11u2 CVE ID : CVE-2023-23082 CVE-2023-30207


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

 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 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 2:19.1+dfsg2-2+deb11u2.

 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

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.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23082

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/kodi

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-30207

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/kodi

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 280114

File Name: debian_DLA-4423.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/28/2025

Updated: 12/28/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-addons-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-common, 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-ps3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-wiiremote, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-repository-kodi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-addons-dev-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kodi-eventclients-zeroconf

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: 12/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23082, CVE-2023-30207