The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2020-1419 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2019-13033)

  - CISOfy Lynis before 3.0.0 has Incorrect Access Control because of a TOCTOU race condition. The routine to     check the log and report file permissions was not working as intended and could be bypassed locally.
    Because of the race, an unprivileged attacker can set up a log and report file, and control that up to the     point where the specific routine is doing its check. After that, the file can be removed, recreated, and     used for additional attacks. (CVE-2020-13882)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Amazon Linux AMI : lynis (ALAS-2020-1419)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140091

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