CVE-2011-1155 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)...
LowCVSS 1.9
EPSS 0.39%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gentoo logrotate | <= 3.7.9 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.3-r2 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.5.9 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.5.9-r1 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.6.5 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.6.5-r1 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7.1 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7.1-r1 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7.1-r2 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7.2 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7.6 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7.7 | No fix listed |
| gentoo logrotate | = 3.7.8 | No fix listed |
| debian/logrotate(Debian:12) | < 3.8.0-1 | 3.8.0-1 |
| debian/logrotate(Debian:13) | < 3.8.0-1 | 3.8.0-1 |
| debian/logrotate(Debian:14) | < 3.8.0-1 | 3.8.0-1 |
References
- FEDORA-2011-3739 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-3758 patch vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110304 CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list patch
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110308 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list patch
- [oss-security] 20110323 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues mailing-list
- 43955 third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2011:065 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2011:0407 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0791 vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0872 vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0961 vdb-entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com patch
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2011-1155 vendor-advisory