Bug 471984 (CVE-2008-5110)

Summary:	CVE-2008-5110 syslog-ng improper chroot
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	silfreed
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-5110
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Bug Depends On:	471985, 471986
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Description Josh Bressers 2008-11-18 01:24:12 UTC

syslog-ng does not call chdir before it calls chroot, which might
allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a
vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-12-03 04:11:56 UTC

syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc8

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-12-03 04:12:03 UTC

syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc9

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-12-03 04:12:10 UTC

syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc10

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-12-07 04:14:27 UTC

syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-12-07 04:29:09 UTC

syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2008-12-07 04:33:46 UTC

syslog-ng-2.0.10-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Red Hat Product Security 2009-01-09 09:04:50 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2008-10879
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-10752