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CVE-2020-8019

syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Jun 29, 2020
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Jan 27, 2020

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsuse

Weaknesses

  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Affected Products

ProductVersions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3SUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4SUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12SUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 3.6.4-12.8.1Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3SUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSSSUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1SUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 3.6.4-12.8.1Affected
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1openSUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.1openSUSE
  • syslog-ng to before 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1Affected

References

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