CVE-2008-5110
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
syslog-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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5089)
- Published
- November 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5089 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oneidentity / syslog-ng
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35748(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40551(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-10.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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