CVE-2020-8019: high-severity vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.7epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 56% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
openSUSE · openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1openSUSE · openSUSE Leap 15.1SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSSSUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1Related CVEs — SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
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