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From: Stefan Behte <craig@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201206-36 ] logrotate: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:44:26
Message-Id: 4FE8BA36.6070706@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: logrotate: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: June 25, 2012
10 Bugs: #356811, #372973
11 ID: 201206-36
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities were found in logrotate, which could lead to
19 arbitrary system command execution.
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21 Background
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24 logrotate rotates, compresses, and mails system logs.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 app-admin/logrotate < 3.8.0 >= 3.8.0
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in logrotate. Please
38 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A local attacker could use this flaw to truncate arbitrary system file,
44 to change file owner or mode on arbitrary system files, to conduct
45 symlink attacks and send arbitrary system files, to execute arbitrary
46 system commands, to cause abort in subsequent logrotate runs, to
47 disclose sensitive information, to execute arbitrary code or cause a
48 Denial of Service condition.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All logrotate users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/logrotate-3.8.0"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2011-1098
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1098
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-1154
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1154
70 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-1155
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1155
72 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-1549
73 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1549
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75 Availability
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78 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
79 the Gentoo Security Website:
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81 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-36.xml
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83 Concerns?
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86 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
87 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
88 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
89 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
90 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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92 License
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95 Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
96 belongs to its owner(s).
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98 The contents of this document are licensed under the
99 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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101 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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