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CVE-2008-5110

Date: November 17, 2008

syslog-ng does not call chdir when it calls chroot, which might allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present. This flaw affects syslog-ng versions prior to and including 2.0.9.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5110
http://secunia.com/advisories/35748
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-10.xml
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5110

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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