CVE-2008-5110

NameCVE-2008-5110
Descriptionsyslog-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 affects syslog-ng versions prior to and including 2.0.9.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs505791

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
syslog-ng (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye3.28.1-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm3.38.1-5fixed
sid, trixie4.4.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
syslog-ngsource(unstable)2.0.9-4.1unimportant505791

Notes

no security flaw by itself, still it should be fixed

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