Balabit syslog-ng access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Balabit syslog-ng. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-5110. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Balabit syslog-ng (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 11/15/2008. The weakness was published 11/17/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5110 since 11/17/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36373 (Fedora 10 : syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc10 (2008-10879)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46664), Tenable (36373), SecurityFocus (BID 32338†), OSVDB (50327†) and Secunia (SA35748†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 36373
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc10 (2008-10879)
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OpenVAS ID: 61919
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: syslog-ng2
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/17/2015 +2073 days 🔍
08/21/2019 +1618 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5110 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5110
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45050
X-Force: 46664
SecurityFocus: 32338 - Balabit syslog-ng Insecure 'chroot()' Implementation Weakness
Secunia: 35748 - Gentoo syslog-ng "chroot()" Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 50327 - CVE-2008-5110 - Balabit - syslog-ng - Jail-escape Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20050 - Balabit syslog-ng Insecure Chroot Call Allows Remote Restrictions Bypass, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-1796

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 09:13
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/21/2019 09:13 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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