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Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-8108

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. (CVE-2017-8108)

Source

ALAS-2017-847

Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2017-847
Advisory Release Date: 2017-06-22 19:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2017-06-22 23:00 Pacific

Severity: Medium

References: CVE-2017-8108

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2017-8108)

Affected Packages:

lynis

Issue Correction:
Run yum update lynis to update your system.

New Packages:

noarch:
    lynis-2.5.0-1.6.amzn1.noarch

src:
    lynis-2.5.0-1.6.amzn1.src

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