PT-2017-18120 · Cisofy · Lynis

Michael Scherer · Published 2017-06-08 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-8108

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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 versions prior to 2.5.0, update to version 2.5.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8108

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11032-1

Affected Products

Lynis

References · 18

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/ZJHLLWNW7NASVXCK24YBSIUQQPWGCMB5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8108 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJXMPYANXHI25NQZ36QMXNXANDRAA5YG · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8108 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/UJXMPYANXHI25NQZ36QMXNXANDRAA5YG · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11032-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJHLLWNW7NASVXCK24YBSIUQQPWGCMB5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis/releases/tag/2.5.0 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8108 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13882 · Note