syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post (SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.52 % · percentile 44 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- suse
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of syslog-ng of SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1, openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers controlling the user news to escalate their privileges to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | suse |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · meissner@suse.de (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-28932
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-8019
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.6.4-12.8.1cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.6.4-12.8.1cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1cpe:2.3:a:oneidentity:syslog-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 | affected syslog-ng < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 | affected syslog-ng < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 | affected syslog-ng < 3.6.4-12.8.1 |
| SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 | affected syslog-ng < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS | affected syslog-ng < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 | affected syslog-ng < 3.6.4-12.8.1 |
| openSUSE · openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 | affected syslog-ng < 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1 |
| openSUSE · openSUSE Leap 15.1 | affected syslog-ng < 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |