CVE-2011-1549

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1549
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-30 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Application Gentoo Logrotate All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
logrotate Gentoo Linux 'var/log/' Symlink Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
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