PT-2014-5653 · Cisofy · Lynis

Murray Mcallister · Published 2014-06-08 · Updated 2014-06-09 · CVE-2014-3982

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lynis version 1.5.4 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file in the include/tests webservers component of Lynis.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.5, consider updating to version 1.5.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the /tmp directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-3982

Affected Products

Lynis

References · 5

• http://cisofy.com/files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3982 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14 · Note