Upstream information

CVE-2017-8108 at MITRE

Description

Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1043463 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2017:1595-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • lynis >= 3.0.5-3.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11032

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 8 19:27:31 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:48:39 2024