PT-2017-17763 · Rkhunter · Rkhunter

Michael Scherer · Published 2017-07-21 · Updated 2020-09-09 · CVE-2017-7480

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions rkhunter versions prior to 1.4.4

Description The issue allows for file download over an insecure channel when performing a mirror update, potentially resulting in remote code execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.4, update to version 1.4.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-300

CWE-417

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7480

DLA-1039-1

MGASA-2018-0029

Affected Products

Rkhunter

References · 13

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7480 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7480 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0029.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0029 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/643 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/29/2 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21169 · Note