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CVE-2017-7480 Details

Description

rkhunter versions before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to file download over insecure channel when doing mirror update resulting into potential remote code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/643 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-11 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/643 [email protected]Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-11 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-417Communication Channel Errors[email protected]
CWE-300Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rootkit hunter project rootkit hunter
<= 1.4.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:rootkit_hunter_project:rootkit_hunter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7480
NVD Published Date:
Jul 21, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7480 Details - Not Deferred