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
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LOGROTATE-1553241
  • published30 Mar 2011
  • disclosed30 Mar 2011

Introduced: 30 Mar 2011

CVE-2011-1098  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

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 Base Scores

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