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SUSE-SU-2020:14369-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2020-05-14 12:00 - Updated: 2020-05-14 12:00
Summary
Security update for syslog-ng
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for syslog-ng
Description of the patch: This update for syslog-ng fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-8019: Fixed a local privilege escalation during package update (bsc#1169385).
Patchnames: sleposp3-syslog-ng-14369,slessp4-syslog-ng-14369
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2020-8019
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1.i586 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1.i586 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1.ppc64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
References
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