CVE-2017-8108

CVE-2017-8108 affects Lynis before 2.5.0. Unspecified tests in Lynis can be exploited via a symlink attack on a temporary file to overwrite arbitrary files or gain local privileges. References in multiple disclosures (Fedora/OpenSUSE/Amazon Linux/Open Source advisories) indicate the issue permits...

PT-2017-18120

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lynis versions prior to 2.5.0 Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file. This is due to unspecified tests in the software. Recommendations For...

CVE-2017-8108: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

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...

Fedora 24 : lynis (2017-c3ce061ea7)

Update to 2.5.0 / https://cisofy.com/security/cve/cve-2017-8108/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing...

Fedora 25 : lynis (2017-8d625a8d2b)

Update to 2.5.0 / https://cisofy.com/security/cve/cve-2017-8108/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: lynis-2.5.0-1.fc25

Lynis is an auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux and you might even c all it a compliance tool. It scans the system and installed software. Then it performs many individual security control checks. It determines the hardeni ng state of the machine, detects security issues and provides...

[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: lynis-2.5.0-1.fc24

Lynis is an auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux and you might even c all it a compliance tool. It scans the system and installed software. Then it performs many individual security control checks. It determines the hardeni ng state of the machine, detects security issues and provides...

Fedora Update for lynis FEDORA-2017-8d625a8d2b

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora Update for lynis FEDORA-2017-c3ce061ea7

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[ASA-201705-20] lynis: arbitrary file overwrite

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201705-20 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2017-05-22 CVE-ID : CVE-2017-8108 Package : lynis Type : arbitrary file overwrite Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-278 Summary ======= The package lynis before version...

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We are excited to announce this major release of auditing tool Lynis. Several big changes have been made to core functions of Lynis. These changes are the next of simplification improvements we made. There is a risk of breaking your existing configuration. Lynis is an open source security auditin...

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We are excited to announce this major release of auditing tool Lynis. Several big changes have been made to core functions of Lynis. These changes are the next of simplification improvements we made. There is a risk of breaking your existing configuration. Lynis is an open source security auditin...

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Lynis is an open source security auditing tool. Commonly used by system administrators, security professionals and auditors, to evaluate the security defenses of their Linux/Unix based systems. It runs on the host itself, so it can perform very extensive security scans. Supported operating system...