CVE-2011-1155

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
30/03/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.7.9 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.5.9:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.6.5:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:logrotate:3.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


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