Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2011-1549
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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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 (mailing-list)