CVE catalog
CVE-2020-13882
lynis: CVE-2020-13882
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.26% · Oct 25, 2026
CISOfy Lynis before 3.0.0 has Incorrect Access Control because of a TOCTOU race condition. The routine to check the log and report file permissions was not working as intended and could be bypassed locally. Because of the race, an unprivileged attacker can set up a log and report file, and control that up to the point where the specific routine is doing its check. After that, the file can be removed, recreated, and used for additional attacks.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | lynis | sid | 3.1.7-1 | fixed |
| Debian | lynis | forky | 3.1.7-1 | fixed |
| Debian | lynis | trixie | 3.1.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | lynis | bookworm | 3.0.8-1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | lynis | 16.04 | 2.1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | lynis | 18.04 | 2.5.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | lynis | 18.04 | 2.6.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | lynis | 18.04 | 2.6.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | lynis | 20.04 | 2.6.2-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | lynis | source | sid | 3.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | lynis | source | forky | 3.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | lynis | source | trixie | 3.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | lynis | source | bookworm | 3.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [lynis]Fixed
Details (2)
3.0.8-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.0.0-1dsa · lynis · debian · bookworm; dsa · lynis · debian · 12
3.0.8-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.0.0-1dsa · lynis · debian · bookworm; dsa · lynis · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [lynis]Fixed
Details (2)
3.1.4-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.0.0-1dsa · lynis · debian · 13
3.1.4-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.0.0-1dsa · lynis · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11032-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13882]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13882]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13882]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]