UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8108

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8108

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8108.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8108

Upstream

CVE-2017-8108

Published

2017-06-08T16:29:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:46:18Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / lynis

Package

Name: lynis
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lynis@2.1.1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lynis",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8108.json"