USN-5447-1

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    USN-5447-1

    Published: 26 May 2022Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: logrotate vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that logrotate incorrectly handled the state file. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to keep a lock on the state file and cause logrotate to stop working, leading to a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5447-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1348

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: logrotate

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.19.0-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    3.18.0-2ubuntu1
    3.18.0-2ubuntu2
    3.18.1-2ubuntu1

    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
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