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/.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.805Z
Reserved: 2011-03-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2011-1548

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2011-03-30T22:55:02.533
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2011-1548

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