SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1)
🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-8019 | 29 Jun 202000:00 | – | attackerkb | |
| The vulnerability of the syslog-ng protocol implementation in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system allows a perpetrator to elevate their privileges to the root level. | 27 Oct 202100:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| syslog-ng UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Vulnerability in Multiple SUSE Products | 9 May 202000:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2020-8019 | 29 Jun 202011:30 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2020-8019 syslog-ng: Local privilege escalation from new to root in %post | 29 Jun 202011:30 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2020-28932 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2020-8019 | 29 Jun 202012:15 | – | nvd | |
| SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2020:14369-1) | 9 Jun 202100:00 | – | openvas | |
| CVE-2020-8019 | 29 Jun 202012:15 | – | osv | |
| SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1 Security update for syslog-ng | 7 May 202015:12 | – | osv |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2020.1221.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8019");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-09 14:57:03 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jun 2021)");
script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-07-09 18:08:50 +0000 (Thu, 09 Jul 2020)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES12\.0)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20201221-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1169385");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-May/006804.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'syslog-ng' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for syslog-ng fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2020-8019: Fixed a local privilege escalation during package update (bsc#1169385).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'syslog-ng' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES12.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"syslog-ng", rpm:"syslog-ng~3.6.4~12.8.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"syslog-ng-debuginfo", rpm:"syslog-ng-debuginfo~3.6.4~12.8.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"syslog-ng-debugsource", rpm:"syslog-ng-debugsource~3.6.4~12.8.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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