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
Published Jan 28, 2011
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00377) | 29.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00377) | 29.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 29.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory |
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