6.9CVSSMEDIUM
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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAccess VectorLocal
AC:MAccess ComplexityMedium
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:CConfidentialityComplete
I:CIntegrityComplete
A:CAvailabilityComplete
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491
bugs.debian.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988
securityfocus.com
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Timeline
Published
Jan 28, 2011
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026
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