logrotate 'writeState()' Function Logfile Name Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:47107

Info

logrotate 'writeState()' Function Logfile Name Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 47107
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2011-1155
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 04 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 08:55PM
Credit: Florian Zumbiehl, Paul Martin, Stefan Fritsch
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3
SuSE openSUSE 11.4
SuSE openSUSE 11.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
logrotate logrotate 3.7.9
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Solution / Fix

logrotate 'writeState()' Function Logfile Name Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

logrotate 'writeState()' Function Logfile Name Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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