PT-2014-5656 · Cisofy · Lynis

Murray Mcallister · Published 2014-06-08 · Updated 2014-06-09 · CVE-2014-3986

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 versions prior to 1.5.5

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.5, update to version 1.5.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-3986

Affected Products

Lynis

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3986 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3986 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/07/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/14 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/12 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/21 · Note
• http://cisofy.com/files/lynis-1.5.5.tar.gz · Note