CVE-2008-5110 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791 http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 http://secunia.com/advisories/35748 http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-10.xml http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796