CVE-2011-1548

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    CVE-2011-1548

    Published: 30 Mar 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/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 /var/log/postgresql/.

    References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606544, 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47167

    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