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CVE-2011-1549

The 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.

Published

2011-03-30T22:55:02.610

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

9.2

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gentoo	logrotate	*	Yes
Operating System	gentoo	linux	*	No

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 ([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])
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47170 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 (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 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47170 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)