syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post
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- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1, 3.6.4-12.8.1, 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1, 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
From syslog-ng · fixed in 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
From syslog-ng · fixed in 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12
From syslog-ng · fixed in 3.6.4-12.8.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
From syslog-ng · fixed in 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS
From syslog-ng · fixed in 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
From syslog-ng · fixed in 3.6.4-12.8.1
- openSUSE openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
From syslog-ng · fixed in 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1
- openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1
From syslog-ng · fixed in 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1