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F5 Networks: K16871 (CVE-2011-1155): logrotate vulnerability CVE-2011-1155

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F5 Networks: K16871 (CVE-2011-1155): logrotate vulnerability CVE-2011-1155

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/30/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2017
Modified
10/13/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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