CVE-2011-0343

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0343
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-28 16:00:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-19 19:30:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been released MLIST lists.balabit.com Vendor Advisory
syslog-ng Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been released MLIST lists.balabit.com Vendor Advisory
#608491 - syslog-ng: log file permissions dangerous on kfreebsd-i386 - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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