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CVE-2020-8019

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Published: Jun 29, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (4)

Oneidentity
1 product
Syslog Ng
Configuration A
1 platform
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
Version 11 sp3
Configuration B
1 platform
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
Version 11 sp4
Configuration C
1 platform
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Module For Legacy
Version 12
Configuration D
1 platform
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Point Of Sale
Version 11 sp3
Configuration E
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Syslog Ng
Before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Server
Version 11 sp4
Configuration F
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Syslog Ng
Before 3.6.4-12.8.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Server
Version 12 sp1
Configuration G
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Syslog Ng
Before 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Opensuse
Backports Sle
Version 15.0 sp1
Configuration H
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Syslog Ng
Before 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Opensuse
Leap
Version 15.1

Related CWEs

CWE-61
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files.

References (2)

Source: meissner@suse.de
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

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