CVE catalog
CVE-2011-1548
logrotate: CVE-2011-1548
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.39% · Oct 25, 2026
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/.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | logrotate | sid | 3.22.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | logrotate | forky | 3.22.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | logrotate | trixie | 3.22.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | logrotate | bookworm | 3.21.0-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | logrotate | source | sid | 3.7.8-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | logrotate | source | forky | 3.7.8-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | logrotate | source | trixie | 3.7.8-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | logrotate | source | bookworm | 3.7.8-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [logrotate]Fixed
Details (2)
3.21.0-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.7.8-6dsa · logrotate · debian · bookworm; dsa · logrotate · debian · 12
3.21.0-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.7.8-6dsa · logrotate · debian · bookworm; dsa · logrotate · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Observed: