The writeState function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (rotation outage) via a (1) n (newline) or (2) (backslash) character in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logrotate | Gentoo | * | 3.7.9 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.3-r2 (including) | 3.3-r2 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.5.9 (including) | 3.5.9 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.5.9-r1 (including) | 3.5.9-r1 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.6.5 (including) | 3.6.5 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.6.5-r1 (including) | 3.6.5-r1 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7 (including) | 3.7 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7.1 (including) | 3.7.1 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7.1-r1 (including) | 3.7.1-r1 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7.1-r2 (including) | 3.7.1-r2 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7.2 (including) | 3.7.2 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7.6 (including) | 3.7.6 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7.7 (including) | 3.7.7 (including) |
| Logrotate | Gentoo | 3.7.8 (including) | 3.7.8 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RedHat | logrotate-0:3.7.8-12.el6_0.1 | * |
| Logrotate | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Logrotate | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Logrotate | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Logrotate | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
| Logrotate | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Logrotate | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Logrotate | Ubuntu | natty | * |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43955
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43955
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:065
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0407.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0791
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680797