Lynis incorrectly reports AIDE database was not found

[l-t-k]

Describe the bug
Lynis report: No AIDE database was found, needed for AIDE functionality [FINT-4316]
But file is present on disk and is present in AIDE config file.

Version

• Debian 11
• Lynis version: 3.0.6

Expected behavior
No error message

Output
Lynis.log
2021-09-10 22:09:07 ====
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Performing test ID FINT-4314 (AIDE availability)
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Test: Checking AIDE binary
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Result: AIDE is installed (/usr/bin/aide)
2021-09-10 22:09:07 ====
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Performing test ID FINT-4315 (Check AIDE configuration file)
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Test: search for aide.conf in /etc /etc/aide /usr/local/etc
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Result: found aide.conf in directory /etc/aide
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Checking configuration file /etc/aide/aide.conf for errors
2021-09-10 22:09:07 ====
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Performing test ID FINT-4316 (Presence of AIDE database and size check)
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Test: search for AIDE database on disk
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Result: AIDE database does not exist
2021-09-10 22:09:07 Warning: No AIDE database was found, needed for AIDE functionality [test:FINT-4316] [details:-] [solution:-]

/etc/aide/aide.conf
database_in=file:/var/lib/aide/aide.db
database_out=file:/var/lib/aide/aide.db.new
database_new=file:/var/lib/aide/aide.db.new

[konstruktoid]

Hi @l-t-k, I believe this was fix in PR #1142

[antonv6]

I also noticed this. It would be great to have a release that includes #1142.

[ghost]

bumping this. It would be great if this would be included in a release