CVE-2020-8019

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.7
Exploit probability—
ProductOneidentity Syslog-ng
PublishedJun 29, 2020
First seenJun 29, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-61CWE-61

How to fix

Update
  • oneidentity syslog-ng2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1, 3.6.4-12.8.1, 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1, 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
oneidentity syslog-ngv < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1, v < 3.6.4-12.8.1, v < 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1, v < 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.12.0.9-27.34.40.5.1, 3.6.4-12.8.1, 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1, 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1

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