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CVE-2011-0343

Published: Jan 28, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
6.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Balabit syslog-ng 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 OSE and PE, when running on FreeBSD or HP-UX, does not properly perform cast operations, which causes syslog-ng to use a default value of -1 to create log files with insecure permissions (07777), which allows local users to read and write to these log files.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

oneidentity
commercial
syslog-ngOn-prem
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491
bugs.debian.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988
securityfocus.com
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