PT-2014-5656
CVE-2014-3986
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Published
2014-06-08
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Updated
2014-06-09
Description by
CVSS 2.0
3.3
LowMetricsAV: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.
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