CVE-2020-13882: discovered by Sander Bos, code submission by Katarina Durechova - Store log and data file in home directory for non-privileged usage #594
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As this 'breaks' the location that is well-known, the patch is waiting to be included in a major release. |
| if [ ! -f "$HOME/lynis.log" ]; then | ||
| if [ -L "$HOME/lynis.log" ]; then echo "Log file is symlinked, which can introduce the risk of a symlink attack."; exit 1; fi | ||
| touch "$HOME/lynis.log" | ||
| if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then LOGFILE="$HOME/lynis.log"; else LOGFILE="/dev/null"; fi |
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why $? and not if touch "$HOME/lynis.log"?
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Pull request is waiting for inclusion. Requires additional work to be implemented. |
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CVE-2020-13882: discovered by Sander Bos, code submission by Katarina Durechova - Store log and data file in home directory for non-privileged usage