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HistoryJul 21, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

logrotate vulnerabilities

2011-07-2100:00:00
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7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

Access Complexity

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

40.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 11.04
  • Ubuntu 10.10
  • Ubuntu 10.04
  • Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

  • logrotate - Log rotation utility

Details

It was discovered that logrotate incorrectly handled the creation of new
log files. Local users could possibly read log files if they were opened
before permissions were in place. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
(CVE-2011-1098)

It was discovered that logrotate incorrectly handled certain log file
names when used with the shred option. Local attackers able to create log
files with specially crafted filenames could use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 10.10, and
11.04. (CVE-2011-1154)

It was discovered that logrotate incorrectly handled certain malformed log
filenames. Local attackers able to create log files with specially crafted
filenames could use this issue to cause logrotate to stop processing log
files, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1155)

It was discovered that logrotate incorrectly handled symlinks and hard
links when processing log files. A local attacker having write access to
a log file directory could use this issue to overwrite or read arbitrary
files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-1548)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu8.04noarchlogrotate<Β 3.7.1-3ubuntu0.8.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu11.04noarchlogrotate<Β 3.7.8-6ubuntu3.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu10.10noarchlogrotate<Β 3.7.8-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu10.04noarchlogrotate<Β 3.7.8-4ubuntu2.2UNKNOWN

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

Access Complexity

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

40.9%