CVE-2020-8019 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2020-8019 Interim 1 28 2025-12-23T03:39:42Z current 2021-05-30T14:37:39Z 2025-12-23T03:39:42Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2020-8019 A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of syslog-ng of SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1, openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers controlling the user news to escalate their privileges to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-May/006804.html E-Mail link for SUSE-SU-2020:1221-1 https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-May/006818.html E-Mail link for SUSE-SU-2020:14369-1 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-TERADATA SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 syslog-ng-3.6.4-12.8.1 syslog-ng-3.6.4-12.8.1 as a component of Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production syslog-ng-3.6.4-12.8.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-TERADATA syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS syslog-ng-3.6.4-12.8.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of syslog-ng of SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1, openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers controlling the user news to escalate their privileges to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS syslog-ng versions prior to 2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.6.4-12.8.1. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-bp151.4.6.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 syslog-ng versions prior to 3.19.1-lp151.3.6.1. CVE-2020-8019 Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production:syslog-ng-3.6.4-12.8.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12:syslog-ng-3.6.4-12.8.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-TERADATA:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS:syslog-ng-2.0.9-27.34.40.5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:syslog-ng-3.6.4-12.8.1 important 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H