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Debian DLA-2253-1 : lynis security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 137672

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

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

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in lynis version 1.6.3-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lynis packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected lynis package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00024.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/lynis

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 137672

File Name: debian_DLA-2253.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/22/2020

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13033

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lynis, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13033