CVE-2020-80197.7HighCWE-61

CVE-2020-8019: syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post

SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

Vendor fix available · Affected: SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

44th percentile

050100

Higher than 44% of scored CVEs

7.7HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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 products8

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3from syslog-ng before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4from syslog-ng before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12from syslog-ng before 3.6.4-12.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3from syslog-ng before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSSfrom syslog-ng before 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1from syslog-ng before 3.6.4-12.8.1
openSUSE · openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1from syslog-ng before 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1
openSUSE · openSUSE Leap 15.1from syslog-ng before 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following · File and Path Handling
Vendor: SUSE
Published: June 2020
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), June 2020

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