SB2018052807 - Gentoo update for Rootkit Hunter
Published: May 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018052807
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7480)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.The vulnerability is caused due to rkhunter downloads updates from mirror websites using HTTP protocol and does not verify authenticity of the downloaded files. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack via DNS spoofing or traffic hijacking and execute arbitrary code on the target system with superuser privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.