CVE-2008-5110
syslog-ng does not call chdir when it calls chroot, which might allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present. This flaw
02 Description
syslog-ng does not call chdir when it calls chroot, which might allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present. This flaw
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-11-17 22:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3843d793521b6f3560683a66bdbea951414f1b8280cdbbd202c19b4646fc0908
05 Affected products
06 References
- itrc.hp.comSSRT100018http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200907-10http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-10.xml
- secunia.com35748http://secunia.com/advisories/35748
- secunia.com40551http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1796http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081117 CVE Request (syslog-ng)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- syslog-ng Fixed in 2.0.9-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- syslog-ng Fixed in 2.0.9-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- syslog-ng Fixed in 2.0.9-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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