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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2014-1657
2014-06-16 15:46:11
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Name : lynis
Product : Fedora EPEL 6
Version : 1.5.6
Release : 1.el6
URL :
http://cisofy.com/lynis/
Summary : Security and system auditing tool
Description :
Lynis is an auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux and you might even call
it a compliance tool. It scans the system and installed software. Then it
performs many individual security control checks. It determines the hardening
state of the machine, detects security issues and provides suggestions to
improve the security defense of the system.
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Update Information:
== 1.5.6 (2014-06-12) ==
New:
- Test for PHP binary and PHP version
- Don't perform register_global test for systems running PHP 5.4.0 and later
[PHP-2368]
- Debug function (can be activated via --debug or profile)
Changes:
- Extended IsRunning function
- Removed suggestion from secure shell test [SHLL-6202]
- Check for idle session handlers [SHLL-6220]
- Also check for apache2 binary (file instead of directory)
- New report values: session_timeout_enabled and session_timeout_method
- New report value for plugins: plugins_enabled
- Fixed test to determine active TCP sessions on Linux [NETW-3012]
== 1.5.5 (2014-06-08) ==
New:
- Check for nginx access logging [HTTP-6712]
- Check for missing error logs in nginx [HTTP-6714]
- Check for debug mode in nginx [HTTP-6716]
Changes:
- Extended SSL test for nginx when using listen statements
- Allow debugging via profile (config:debug:yes)
- Check if discovered httpd file is actually a file
- Improved temporary file creation related to security notice
- Adjustments to screen output
Security Note:
This releases solves two issues regarding the usage of temporary
files (predictability of the file names). You are advised to upgrade to this version as
soon as possible. For more information see the our blog post:
http://linux-audit.com/lynis-security-notice-154-and-older/
== 1.5.4 (2014-06-04) ==
New:
- Check additional configuration files for nginx [HTTP-6706]
- Analysis of nginx settings [HTTP-6708]
- New test for SSL configuration of nginx [HTTP-6710]
Changes:
- Altered SMBD version check for Mac OS
- Small adjustments to report for readability
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1104999 - CVE-2014-3982 CVE-2014-3986 lynis: insecure temporary file issues
leading to privilege escalation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104999
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update lynis' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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