Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1549
CVE-2011-1549
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
35- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47170nvd
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