9.3

CVE-2008-5110: oneidentity syslog-ng

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5110openSUSE-SU-2024:11418-1
Published 17-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5110 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in oneidentity syslog-ng. EPSS estimates a 2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • syslog-ng< 2.0.9-4.1
Oneidentity1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • syslog-ng&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 3.33.2-1.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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