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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:43:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: coley@...re.org
Subject: Re: CVE Request (syslog-ng)
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Josh Bressers wrote:
> syslog-ng doesn't call chdir() before calling chroot().
This falls under the notion of "protection mechanism works less securely
than advertised" so is a clear case for inclusion in CVE. Use
CVE-2008-5110.
Also - is the chdir supposed to come BEFORE or AFTER? The CERT secure
coding rules here:
https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/cplusplus/FIO16-CPP.+Limit+access+to+files+by+creating+a+jail
suggest it might be safer AFTER, not before, due to some race condition
possibilities.
- Steve
======================================================
Name: CVE-2008-5110
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5110
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20081117 CVE Request (syslog-ng)
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/17/3
syslog-ng does not call chdir before it calls chroot, which might
allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a
vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present.
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