CVE-2017-7480 (GCVE-0-2017-7480)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-07-21 22:00
Modified
2024-09-16 20:16
Severity ?
CWE
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat, Inc. rkhunter Version: before 1.4.4
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