Is CVE-2011-0343 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-0343 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-11.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-0343?

CVE-2011-0343 has a CVSS score of 6.9 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2011-0343?

Patch guidance is available from oneidentity security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2011-0343.

CVE-2011-0343 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2011-0343?

8 products: oneidentity syslog-ng, oneidentity syslog-ng, oneidentity syslog-ng, oneidentity syslog-ng, oneidentity syslog-ng, and 3 more.

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: local
Access Cmplx: medium
Auth: none
Confidentiality: complete
Integrity: complete
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: CWE-264

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ONEIDENTITY
Published: 1/28/2011
Last Modified: 4/11/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

oneidentity : syslog-ngoneidentity : syslog-ngoneidentity : syslog-ngoneidentity : syslog-ngoneidentity : syslog-ngoneidentity : syslog-ngoneidentity : syslog-ngoneidentity : syslog-ng

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2011-0343. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2011-0343

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CVE-2011-0343 vulnerability