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CVE-2011-1155
The writeState function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service…
Low1.9EPSS 0.39%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The writeState function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (rotation outage) via a (1) \n (newline) or (2) \ (backslash) character in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (43)
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110308 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 43955 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0961 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-3739 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110323 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-3758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0407 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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