| Name | CVE-2019-13033 |
| Description | 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. |
| 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) |
| References | DLA-2253-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 963161 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lynis (PTS) | buster | 2.6.2-1 | vulnerable |
| 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 | jessie | 1.6.3-1+deb8u1 | | DLA-2253-1 | |
| lynis | source | (unstable) | 3.0.0-1 | unimportant | | 963161 |
Notes
https://cisofy.com/security/cve/cve-2019-13033/
https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis/commit/3b9eda53cc20e851c4456618f027bc9ea794ad30
Enabling license system in the packaged version is possible, but enabling it
makes little sense as users will end-up quitting on all the extra tests that
are not opensourced (and only present in the enterprise version).