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CVE-2011-1549
The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write…
Medium6.3EPSS 0.36%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% 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: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (35)
- [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
- [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
- 47170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
- [oss-security] 20110305 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] 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
- [oss-security] 20110310 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] 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
- [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)
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- 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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