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CVE-2011-1155

The writeState function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (rotation outage) via a (1) \n (newline) or (2) \ (backslash) character in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-1155 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from gentoo organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-03-30T22:55:02.440

Last Modified

2026-06-16T23:28:50.060

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 1.9 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gentoo	logrotate	≤ 3.7.9	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.3	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.5.9	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.5.9	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.6.5	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.6.5	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7.1	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7.1	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7.1	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7.2	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7.6	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7.7	Yes
Application	gentoo	logrotate	3.7.8	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43955 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797 Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43955 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For gentoo's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.