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Kodi 17.2 rolling out with important security fix

  • May 24, 2017
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By Richard Devine Wednesday, May 24, 2017
 
If you're using Kodi on your Windows machine then there's an update rolling out that you need to know about. Version 17.2 doesn't add any new features but it does come with some important fixes, including one for a potential security flaw.
 
"You may have read in the news that malicious subtitle zip files could potentially infect and harm your media player including Kodi. When Check Point researchers uncovered this flaw they contact us up front to let us know about this flaw. Our developers fixed this security gap and have added the fix to this v17.2 release."
 
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  • May 24, 2017
Thanks for the heads-up, Jasper. I will be sure and update my two Raspberry PIs that are running Kodi, when I get home tonight. ;)
 
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