An update for less is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles
 "more", but allows
users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less"
 does not
read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than
 ordinary
text editors.

Security Fix(es):

* less: OS command injection (CVE-2024-32487)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section.

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CVE-2024-32487: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS
 Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78)