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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200907-10">
+ <title>Syslog-ng: Chroot escape</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Syslog-ng does not properly initialize its chroot jail allowing for an
+ escape if a separate vulnerability in Syslog-ng is exploited.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">syslog-ng</product>
+ <announced>2009-07-12</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2009-07-12</revised>
+ <bug>247278</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-admin/syslog-ng" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="rge">2.0.10</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.1.3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Syslog-ng is a flexible and scalable system logger.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Florian Grandel reported that Syslog-ng does not call chdir() before
+ chroot() which leads to an inherited file descriptor to the current
+ working directory.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="low">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker might exploit a separate vulnerability in Syslog-ng
+ and use this vulnerability to escape the chroot jail.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Syslog-ng 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.0.10"</code>
+ <p>
+ All Syslog-ng 2.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.1.3"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5110">CVE-2008-5110</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-07-10T11:11:22Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-07-10T11:21:31Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-07-10T11:21:44Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>