CVE-2011-1548

Published Mar 30, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/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 /var/log/postgresql/.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1549 The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/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 /var/log/postgresql/.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1172-1 logrotate vulnerabilities
References
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606544 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47167 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:28 PM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 30, 2011, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:29 PM