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CVE-2011-1098

Publication date 30 March 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
logrotate 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 3.7.1-3ubuntu0.8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

this is issue #8 this seems to have been addressed in debian/ubuntu by the create-388608.patch patch. hardy doesn't have them (in (3.7.8-4))

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1172-1
    • logrotate vulnerabilities
    • 21 July 2011

Other references