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CVE-2020-8019

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CVE-2020-8019

Published: Jun 29, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.7

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.

VendorProductVersions

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

affected
syslog-ng - < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

affected
syslog-ng - < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12

affected
syslog-ng - < 3.6.4-12.8.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

affected
syslog-ng - < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

affected
syslog-ng - < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

affected
syslog-ng - < 3.6.4-12.8.1

openSUSE

openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1

affected
syslog-ng - < 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1

openSUSE

openSUSE Leap 15.1

affected
syslog-ng - < 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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