CVE-2011-1154

Description

The shred_file function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5 ↗
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43955 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31 ↗
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17 ↗
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680796 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6 ↗
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4 ↗
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791 ↗
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18 ↗
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2 ↗
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27 ↗
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6 ↗
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33 ↗