CVE-2011-1549

NameCVE-2011-1549
DescriptionThe default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by directories under /var/log/ for packages.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
logrotate (PTS)buster3.14.0-4fixed
bullseye3.18.0-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm3.21.0-1fixed
sid, trixie3.21.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
logrotatesource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- logrotate <not-affected> (Gentoo-specific, see CVE-2011-1548 for Debian)

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