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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-1549: logrotate: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-1549: logrotate: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/30/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-logrotate

References

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