Race Condition Affecting logrotate package, versions <3.8.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-LOGROTATE-1553241
  • published 30 Mar 2011
  • disclosed 30 Mar 2011

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 logrotate to version 3.8.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream logrotate package and not the logrotate package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the createOutputFile function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier allows local users to read log data by opening a file before the intended permissions are in place.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

3.3 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

3.3 low