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https://github.com/sjvermeu/cvechecker
Command-line utility to scan the system and report on potential vulnerabilities, based on public CVE data
https://github.com/sjvermeu/cvechecker
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Command-line utility to scan the system and report on potential vulnerabilities, based on public CVE data
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sjvermeu/cvechecker
- Owner: sjvermeu
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2011-07-21T06:32:49.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-09-19T15:31:11.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-01T00:05:19.929Z (2 months ago)
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 3.29 MB
- Stars: 258
- Watchers: 27
- Forks: 68
- Open Issues: 14
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: ChangeLog
- License: COPYING
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README
# cvechecker
The goal of cvechecker is to report about possible vulnerabilities on your
system, by scanning a list of installed software and matching results with
the CVE database. This is not a bullet-proof method and you will have many
false positives (ie: vulnerability is fixed with a revision-release, but
the tool isn't able to detect the revision itself), yet it is still better
than nothing, especially if you are running a distribution with little
security coverage.
## Quickstart
1. Initalize the SQLite3 Database
```sh
# cvechecker -i
```
2. Load CVE and version matching rules
```sh
# pullcves pull
```
3. Generate List of Files to scan
```sh
$ find / -type f -perm -o+x > scanlist.txt
$ echo /proc/version >> scanlist.txt
```
4. Gather List of Installed Software/Versions
```sh
$ cvechecker -b scanlist.txt
```
5. Output Matching CVE Entries
```sh
$ cvechecker -r
```
More detailed installation information available via the [installation docs](../../wiki/Installation).
[The homepage for this project](../../wiki).