CVE-2020-8019

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-8019
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-29 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-09 18:08:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-61

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng All All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Legacy 12 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Legacy 12 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Point Of Sale 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Point Of Sale 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1169385 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-8019: syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Johannes Segitz of SUSE

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174734 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for syslog-ng (SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1)
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