[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/syslog-ng: Ignore CVE-2008-5110

[Chris Packham]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 7:54 PM Chris Packham <judge.packham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 2:43 AM Thomas Petazzoni
> <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Chris,
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 20:44:24 +1300
> > Chris Packham <judge.packham at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This as fixed in syslog-ng 2.0.10 but the NVD database hasn't been
> > > updated.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk | 4 ++++
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
> > > index 7c2368efba..8587da746a 100644
> > > --- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
> > > +++ b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
> > > @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ SYSLOG_NG_AUTORECONF = YES
> > >  SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS = --disable-manpages --localstatedir=/var/run \
> > >       --disable-java --disable-java-modules --disable-mongodb
> > >
> > > +# CVE-2008-5110 was fixed in syslog-ng 2.0.10 but the NVD database is not
> > > +# aware of the fix, ignore it
> > > +SYSLOG_NG_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2008-5110
> >
> > But as proposed over e-mail separately, the proper fix is to modify the
> > NVD database. Have you had the chance to report the issue to the NVD
> > database maintainers ?
> >
>
> Sorry for taking so long to get back. I have reported the issue.
> Apparently I should be getting an email with a ticket number but no
> sign of it yet.
>

They've bumped me on to secalert at redhat.com so we'll see ow that goes.

> > Thanks!
> >
> > Thomas
> > --
> > Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
> > Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> > https://bootlin.com