Description
The writeState function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (rotation outage) via a (1) \n (newline) or (2) \ (backslash) character in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2011-1168 | The writeState function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (rotation outage) via a (1) \n (newline) or (2) \ (backslash) character in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1172-1 | logrotate vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T22:14:27.789Z
Reserved: 2011-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2011-1155
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-03-30T22:55:02.440
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2011-1155
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN