Upstream information

CVE-2008-5110 at MITRE

Description

syslog-ng does not call chdir when it calls chroot, which might allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present. This flaw affects syslog-ng versions prior to and including 2.0.9.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 445912 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • syslog-ng >= 2.0.9-27.27.19
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.27.19
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • syslog-ng >= 2.0.9-27.32.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.32.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • syslog-ng >= 2.0.9-27.34.36.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.36.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • syslog-ng >= 2.0.9-27.34.36.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.36.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libevtlog-3_33-0 >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-curl >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-devel >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-geoip >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-java >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-mqtt >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-python >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-redis >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-smtp >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-snmp >= 3.33.2-1.2
  • syslog-ng-sql >= 3.33.2-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11418

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 18:32:50 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:13:40 2024