CVE-2011-1549 — Logrotate vulnerability
Severity
6.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 30
Latest updateMay 17
Description
The 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.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/C:N/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 9.2
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
1GHSA▶
GHSA-hpp7-cgr7-qg33: The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which a↗2022-05-17
📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2011-1549: logrotate - The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo Linux uses root privileges to p...↗2011