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 logrotates lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by /var/log/postgresql/.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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Logrotate | Gentoo | * | * |
Logrotate | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Logrotate | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
Logrotate | Ubuntu | karmic | * |