openSUSE-SU-2017:1595-1: moderate: Security update for lynis
openSUSE Security Update: Security update for lynis ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1595-1 Rating: moderate References: #1043463 Cross-References: CVE-2017-8108 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for lynis fixes the following issues: Lynis 2.5.1: * Improved detection of SSL certificate files * Minor changes to improve logging and results * Firewall tests: Determine if CSF is in testing mode The Update also includes changes from Lynis 2.5.0: * CVE-2017-8108: symlink attack may have allowed arbitrary file overwrite or privilege escalation (boo#1043463) * Deleted unused tests from database file * Additional sysctls are tested * Extended test with Symantec components * Snort detection * Snort configuration file The update also includes Lynis 2.4.8 (Changelog from 2.4.1) * More PHP paths added * Minor changes to text * Show atomic test in report * Added FileInstalledByPackage function (dpkg and rpm supported) * Mark Arch Linux version as rolling release (instead of unknown) * Support for Manjaro Linux * Escape files when testing if they are readable * Code cleanups * Allow host alias to be specified in profile * Code readability enhancements * Solaris support has been improved * Fix for upload function to be used from profile * Reduce screen output for mail section, unless --verbose is used * Code cleanups and removed 'update release' command * Colored output can now be tuned with profile (colors=yes/no) * Allow data upload to be set as a profile option * Properly detect SSH daemon version * Generic code improvements * Improved the update check and display * Finish, Portuguese, and Turkish translation * Extended support and tests for DragonFlyBSD * Option to configure hostid and hostid2 in profile * Support for Trend Micro and Cylance (macOS) * Remove comments at end of nginx configuration * Used machine ID to create host ID when no SSH keys are available * Added detection of iptables-save to binaries And Lynis 2.4.0 * Mainly improved support for macOS users * Support for CoreOS * Support for clamconf utility * Support for chinese translation * More sysctl values in the default profile * New commands: "upload-only", "show hostids", "show environment", "show os" Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-705=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch): lynis-2.5.1-2.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8108.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043463
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