Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1550
CVE-2011-1550
Description
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory 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 for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp packages.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
34- 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
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