National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5110
Original release date:11/17/2008
Last revised:11/21/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081117 CVE Request (syslog-ng)
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200907-10
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35748
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791