Information disclosure in Debian Linux - CVE-2019-13033
Published: June 18, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34247
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13033
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Affected software
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
lynis
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
lynis
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13033
Install update from vendor's website.
lynis - addressed in versions 3.0.0-1.el7, 3.0.0-1.el8, 3.0.0-1.fc31, 3.0.0-1.fc32
External References
- https://cisofy.com/security/cve/cve-2019-13033/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00024.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDCHEKNR3HPJRNHE5PYKFH5GNBADTPA7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBFHIX6RTHCK37FXMAAXP4KGAMLUFDUD/