Explain CVE-2011-1550
The default configuration of logrotate on SUSE openSUSE Factory 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 for the (1) cobbler, (2) inn, (3) safte-monitor, and (4) uucp packages.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110308 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 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'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110311 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110314 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110304 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110306 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110305 Re: CVE Request -- logrotate -- nine issues', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED