syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post
Description
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.
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Affected products
14<=11-SP4-LTSS? (no explicit version, just distribution)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=11-SP4-LTSS? (no explicit version, just distribution)
- (no CPE)range: syslog-ng
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/suse/syslog-ng&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2012pkg:rpm/suse/syslog-ng&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/syslog-ng&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/syslog-ng&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1
< 3.6.4-12.8.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.4-12.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.4-12.8.1
- openSUSE/openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1v5Range: syslog-ng
- openSUSE/openSUSE Leap 15.1v5Range: syslog-ng
syslog-ng+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: syslog-ng
- (no CPE)range: syslog-ng
- Range: syslog-ng
- Range: syslog-ng
- Range: syslog-ng
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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