CVE-2011-1155

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1155
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2011-1155.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2011-1155
Downstream
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Published
2011-03-30T22:55:02Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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Affected packages