CVE-2011-1548

logrotate - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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/.

References (36)

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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47167
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
gentoo/logrotate
Published Mar 30, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026