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AmazonALAS-2017-847

HistoryJun 22, 2017 - 7:19 p.m.

Medium: lynis

2017-06-2219:19:00

alas.aws.amazon.com

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

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Issue Overview:

Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file. (CVE-2017-8108)

Affected Packages:

lynis

Issue Correction:
Run yum update lynis to update your system.

New Packages:

noarch:  
    lynis-2.5.0-1.6.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    lynis-2.5.0-1.6.amzn1.src

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-8108

Mitre: CVE-2017-8108

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Amazon Linux1noarchlynis< 2.5.0-1.6.amzn1lynis-2.5.0-1.6.amzn1.noarch.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Amazon Linux	1	noarch	lynis	< 2.5.0-1.6.amzn1	lynis-2.5.0-1.6.amzn1.noarch.rpm

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

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