VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-0343
Balabit syslog-ng 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 OSE and PE, when running on FreeBSD or HP-UX, does not properly perform cast operations, which causes syslog-ng to use a default value of -1 to create log files with insecure permissions (07777), which allows local…
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Balabit syslog-ng 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 OSE and PE, when running on FreeBSD or HP-UX, does not properly perform cast operations, which causes syslog-ng to use a default value of -1 to create log files with insecure permissions (07777), which allows local users to read and write to these log files.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- oneidentity/syslog-ng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.