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Echo: rpm: security update to 4.13.0.2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457188

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic
 link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files
 being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a
 subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root
 privilege. (CVE-2017-7500)

Solution

Update the rpm library and its related packages to version 4.13.0.2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-7500

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457188

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7500