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    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) character in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.

    Published:Feb 13, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Mar 30, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.00087
    CVSS Score:1.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Logrotate
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43955
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43955
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High