CVE-2011-0343

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.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory balabit.com Vendor Advisory balabit.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491 third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html mailing list vendor advisory
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0343?
CVE-2011-0343 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0343?
To fix CVE-2011-0343, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-0343 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-0343 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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