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CVE-2020-8019 json

syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28932

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 3.6.4-12.8.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 3.6.4-12.8.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1
  • syslog-ng SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
  • syslog-ng SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLE Module for Legacy 12 3.6.4-12.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:14369-1SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1

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Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169385 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

Sources

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