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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>