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A vulnerability was found in Gentoo logrotate (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Default Configuration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/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 /var/log/postgresql/.
The weakness was shared 03/30/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-1548 since 03/30/2011. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55648 (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : logrotate vulnerabilities (USN-1172-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (66490) and Tenable (55648). The entry 56970 is related to this item.
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Nessus ID: 55648
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : logrotate vulnerabilities (USN-1172-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 840705
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for logrotate USN-1172-1
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Advisory: USN-1172-1Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2011-1548 (🔍)
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X-Force: 66490
Vulnerability Center: 32507 - Debian GNU/Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 47167 - logrotate Debian Linux 'var/log/postgresql' Symlink Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/20/2015 16:16Updated: 10/21/2021 14:33
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (55), 03/29/2017 09:15 (11), 10/21/2021 14:33 (4)
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