CVE - CVE-2011-1155

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1155	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:43955 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43955 MISC:ADV-2011-0791 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-0872 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-0961 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:FEDORA-2011-3739 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html MISC:FEDORA-2011-3758 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html MISC:MDVSA-2011:065 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0407 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 MISC:[oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 MISC:[oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 MISC:[oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 MISC:[oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 MISC:[oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 MISC:[oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 MISC:[oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 MISC:[oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 MISC:[oss-security] 20110308 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 MISC:[oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 MISC:[oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20110314 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 MISC:[oss-security] 20110323 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110303	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20110303)
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