CVE-2020-8019
syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- suse
Description
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of syslog-ng of SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1, openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers controlling the user news to escalate their privileges to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| suseCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
- affected syslog-ng – < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
- affected syslog-ng – < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12
- affected syslog-ng – < 3.6.4-12.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
- affected syslog-ng – < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS
- affected syslog-ng – < 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
- affected syslog-ng – < 3.6.4-12.8.1
openSUSE · openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
- affected syslog-ng – < 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1
- affected syslog-ng – < 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1
References (1)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169385 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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