CVE-2011-0343
Balabit syslog-ng 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 OSE and PE, when running on FreeBSD or HP-UX, does not...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.9
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-0343- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-0343- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-0369 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2011-0369- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mw34-97q8-x4qh No score
Balabit syslog-ng 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 OSE and PE, when running on FreeBSD or HP-UX, does not...
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.
- Record
GHSA-mw34-97q8-x4qh- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-0343- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-0343 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0343- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10493-1 No score
syslog-ng-3.8.1-2.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the syslog-ng-3.8.1-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10493-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-0343 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Oneidentity Syslog-ng, published January 28, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 31st percentile. Fixed in syslog-ng 3.1.3-2.
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491
securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded
lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html
lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html
securityfocus.com/bid/45988
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0343