CVE-2008-5110

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5110
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-17 22:21:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-22 13:27:00 UTC
Descriptionsyslog-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng - All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng - All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo syslog-ng "chroot()" Weakness - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SSRT100018 HP itrc.hp.com Broken Link
#505791 - syslog-ng doesn't chdir before chroot - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Syslog-ng: Chroot escape GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
HP Insight Control Suite For Linux Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request (syslog-ng) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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