CVE-2014-3986

Name	CVE-2014-3986
Description	include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	751083

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
lynis (PTS)	buster	2.6.2-1	fixed
	bullseye	3.0.2-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	3.0.8-1.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
lynis	source	(unstable)	1.5.5-1			751083

[squeeze] - lynis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - lynis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)