CVE-2011-1154

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2011-1154 · Published 30/03/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-1154 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting logrotate (gentoo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
logrotate gentoo	`= 3.3= 3.5.9= 3.6.5= 3.7= 3.7.1= 3.7.2= 3.7.6= 3.7.7= 3.7.8≤ 3.7.9`	No fix yet

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.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29

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