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@mboelen mboelen released this 27 Sep 11:14
· 2121 commits to master since this release
  • Lynis 2.3.4 (2016-09-27) *

Changes:

  • Skip update message when using the 'show' helper
  • Instead of opening the log file, you can now use 'lynis show details' followed
    by the test ID. It will show the relevant section.
  • Several tests have extended log details
  • Many style improvements as part of ongoing refactoring of the code
  • Detection of nftables improved
  • Replaced cut, sed, tr and others commands with binary variable (for forensics
    and future intrusion checking capabilities)
  • Swedish translation provided by Peter Carlsson
  • Support for arch-audit to scan for presence of vulnerable packages on Arch Linux
  • OS detection improved

Tests:

  • CONT-8107 - New test checking number of Docker containers
  • CRYP-7902 - Gather more details regarding certificates
  • DBS-1816 - Define skip reason
  • FILE-6344 - Adjusted /proc test for hidepid option
  • FILE-6362 - Removed warning and add skip reason
  • FIRE-4520 - Change test to use detected binary
  • FIRE-4520 - New test to check for empty nftables ruleset
  • KRNL-5820 - Corrected function and style improvements
  • LOGG-2146 - Textual change
  • NAME-4408 - Check localhost to IP mapping
  • PKGS-7320 - Test for arch-audit tool
  • PKGS-7322 - Check vulnerable packages on Arch Linux
  • PKGS-7381 - Extended vulnerable package detection for FreeBSD
  • TIME-3104 - timedatectl test now detects NTP synchronization properly