CVE-2011-1548
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1548
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2011-1548.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2011-1548
- Downstream
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:10:44.573930Z
- Published
- 2011-03-30T22:55:02Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:10:44.573930Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/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 /var/log/postgresql/.
- References
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606544
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47167