{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1548","details":"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/.","modified":"2026-09-14T06:47:25.395325111Z","published":"2011-03-30T22:55:02.533Z","upstream":["CVE-2011-1548"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1548"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"logrotate","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/logrotate?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.8-6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1548.json"}},{"package":{"name":"logrotate","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/logrotate?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.8-6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1548.json"}},{"package":{"name":"logrotate","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/logrotate?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.8-6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1548.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}