Vulnerability · Published Jun 29, 2020 · Assigned by suse
CVE-2020-8019syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post
High 7.7
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 from openSUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 | syslog-ng – before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 | syslog-ng – before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 | syslog-ng – before 3.6.4-12.8.1 |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 | syslog-ng – before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS | syslog-ng – before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 | syslog-ng – before 3.6.4-12.8.1 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 | syslog-ng – before 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE Leap 15.1 | syslog-ng – before 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1 |
Weakness: CWE-61 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169385 x_refsource_CONFIRM