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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 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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-0343 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from oneidentity, from freebsd, from hp organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-01-28T16:00:03.390

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	2.0	Yes
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	2.0	Yes
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	3.0	Yes
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	3.0	Yes
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	3.1	Yes
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	3.1	Yes
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	3.2	Yes
Application	oneidentity	syslog-ng	3.2	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	*	No
Operating System	hp	hp-ux	*	No

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608491 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515955/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For oneidentity's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.