CVE-2011-0343

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0343
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-28 16:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBalabit syslog-ng 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 OSE and PE, when running on FreeBSD or HP-UX, does not properly perform cast operations, which causes syslog-ng to use a default value of -1 to create log files with insecure permissions (07777), which allows local users to read and write to these log files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux All All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 2.0 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 2.0 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 3.0 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 3.0 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 3.1 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 3.1 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 3.2 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 3.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#608491 - syslog-ng: log file permissions dangerous on kfreebsd-i386 - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.balabit.com Vendor Advisory
syslog-ng Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.balabit.com Vendor Advisory
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