CVE-2008-5110: Oneidentity Syslog-NG

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Oneidentity Syslog-NG: up to and including 2.0.9

Published 2008-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.