CVE-2011-1155
EPSS 0.10%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1155
To remediate CVE-2011-1155, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/logrotate—upgrade to 3.8.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1155 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.8.0-1