CVE-2011-1549

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.

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Notes

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1549