suse-su-2020:1221-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2020-05-07 15:12
Modified
2020-05-07 15:12
Summary
Security update for syslog-ng

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for syslog-ng
Description of the patch
This update for syslog-ng fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-8019: Fixed a local privilege escalation during package update (bsc#1169385).
Patchnames
SUSE-2020-1221,SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-12-2020-1221,SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2020-1221
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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      "threats": [
        {
          "category": "impact",
          "date": "2020-05-07T15:12:42Z",
          "details": "important"
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2020-8019"
    }
  ]
}


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