CVE-2017-7480
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-07-21 22:00
Modified
2024-09-16 20:16
Severity ?
Summary
rkhunter versions before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to file download over insecure channel when doing mirror update resulting into potential remote code execution.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/643Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-11Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/643Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-11Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat, Inc. rkhunter Version: before 1.4.4
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