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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2253-1 lynis -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

21 Jun 2020

Affected Packages:

lynis

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-13033.

More information:

It was discovered that there was a vulnerability in the lynis security auditing tool. The license key could be obtained by simple observation of the process list when a data upload is being performed.

• CVE-2019-13033

  In CISOfy Lynis 2.x through 2.7.5, the license key can be obtained by looking at the process list when a data upload is being performed. This license can be used to upload data to a central Lynis server. Although no data can be extracted by knowing the license key, it may be possible to upload the data of additional scans.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.3-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lynis packages.

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