CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5110

9.3 HIGH Published 2008-11-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2008-11-17
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• oneidentity syslog-ng (<= 2.0.9)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35748 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35748 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory