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Kodi Web Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Wont Fix

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is running Kodi Web Server and is prone to remote denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an error when processing web requests and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long string passed to GET request.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Kodi Web Server version 16.1, other versions may also be affected.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Send a crafted request via HTTP GET and check whether it is able to crash or not.

Solution

Solution

No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.