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    CVE-2020-8019

    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.

    Published:Jun 29, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jun 29, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00041
    CVSS Score:7.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Oneidentity
    Product
    Syslog-ng
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Backports Sle
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Module For Legacy
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Point Of Sale
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Server

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169385https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169385

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-27 Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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