CVE-2011-1549
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo 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 directories under /var/log/ for packages.
Affected configurations
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
www.securityfocus.com/bid/47170
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%