CVE-2011-1154

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    CVE-2011-1154

    Published: 30 Mar 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The shred_file function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/43955, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680796, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.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/2011/03/07/5, 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://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html

    Affected packages

    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