UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7480

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7480
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7480.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7480
Upstream
Published
2017-07-21T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:15Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / rkhunter

Package

Name
rkhunter
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rkhunter@1.4.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "rkhunter"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7480.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / rkhunter

Package

Name
rkhunter
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rkhunter@1.4.2-5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.2-3
1.4.2-4
1.4.2-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.2-5",
            "binary_name": "rkhunter"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7480.json"