CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-1154

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2011-03-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2011-03-30
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-20

Description

The shred_file function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.

Affected configurations

• gentoo logrotate (<= 3.7.9) • gentoo logrotate 3.3 • gentoo logrotate 3.5.9 • gentoo logrotate 3.6.5 • gentoo logrotate 3.7 • gentoo logrotate 3.7.1 • gentoo logrotate 3.7.2 • gentoo logrotate 3.7.6 • gentoo logrotate 3.7.7 • gentoo logrotate 3.7.8

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 openwall.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43955 secunia.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065 www.mandriva.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html www.redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872 www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961 www.vupen.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680796 Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 openwall.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43955 secunia.com

CVE-2011-1154

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References