52 lines
1.9 KiB
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52 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201805-11">
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<title>Rootkit Hunter: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in Rootkit Hunter that allows a
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remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">rkhunter</product>
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<announced>2018-05-26</announced>
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<revised count="1">2018-05-26</revised>
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<bug>623150</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-forensics/rkhunter" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.4.6</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.4.6</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Scans for known and unknown rootkits, backdoors, and sniffers.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A vulnerability was discovered in Rootkit Hunter that allows the
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downloading of mirror updates over insecure channels (HTTP).
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Furthermore, the mirror update is then executed in Bash.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker, by performing a man-in-the-middle attack, could
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execute arbitrary code, conduct a Denial of Service, or have other
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unspecified impacts.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>Users are advised to not trust insecure protocols such as HTTP and to
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turn off any mirror updates utilizing such channels.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Rootkit Hunter users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-forensics/rkhunter-1.4.6"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7480">CVE-2017-7480</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-05-26T14:19:37Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-05-26T15:45:59Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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