debian · CVE-2008-5110

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:59:28 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-5110 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (syslog-ng), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

syslog-ng does not call chdir when it calls chroot, which might allow attackers to escape the intended jail. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when a separate vulnerability is present. This flaw affects syslog-ng versions prior to and including 2.0.9.

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