CVE catalog

CVE-2011-1549

logrotate: CVE-2011-1549

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.36% · Oct 25, 2026

The default configuration of logrotate on Gentoo 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 directories under /var/log/ for packages.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianlogrotatesid3.22.0-1not affected
Debianlogrotateforky3.22.0-1not affected
Debianlogrotatetrixie3.22.0-1not affected
Debianlogrotatebookworm3.21.0-1not affected

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
DebianlogrotatesourcesidNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianlogrotatesourceforkyNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianlogrotatesourcetrixieNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianlogrotatesourcebookwormNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [logrotate]Not affected
    Details (2)
    • 3.21.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · logrotate · debian · bookworm

    • 3.21.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · logrotate · debian · bookworm

Observed:

References