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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.

Published

2011-03-30T22:55:02.440

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

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)