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Syslog-ng does not properly initialize its chroot jail allowing for an escape if a separate vulnerability in Syslog-ng is exploited.
| Package | app-admin/syslog-ng on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.1.3 |
| Unaffected versions | revision >= 2.0.10 >= 2.1.3 |
Syslog-ng is a flexible and scalable system logger.
Florian Grandel reported that Syslog-ng does not call chdir() before chroot() which leads to an inherited file descriptor to the current working directory.
A local attacker might exploit a separate vulnerability in Syslog-ng and use this vulnerability to escape the chroot jail.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Syslog-ng 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.0.10"
All Syslog-ng 2.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.1.3"
Release date
July 12, 2009
Latest revision
July 12, 2009: 01
Severity
low
Exploitable
local
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