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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...

6.9 MediumFix available

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

0.38%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 MediumAV: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
syslog-ng
Debian:12
before 3.1.3-2
3.1.3-2
syslog-ng
Debian:13
before 3.1.3-2
3.1.3-2
syslog-ng
Debian:14
before 3.1.3-2
3.1.3-2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

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