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.
Published: 2011-03-30
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1550 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.
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 cve-icon cve-icon
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Gentoo Linux Logrotate
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.808Z

Reserved: 2011-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1549

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-30T22:55:02.610

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-1549

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