Upstream information

CVE-2011-0343 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This security issue only affects FreeBSD and HP-UX, so no SUSE Linux based product is affected.

No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • syslog-ng >= 3.4.5-3.5
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 GA syslog-ng-3.4.5-3.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • syslog-ng >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-curl >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-devel >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-geoip >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-java >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-python >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-redis >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-smtp >= 3.8.1-2.2
  • syslog-ng-sql >= 3.8.1-2.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10493

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS syslog-ng Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS syslog-ng Analysis

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 04:20:33 2013
CVE page last modified: Wed Aug 26 21:23:20 2026