GLSA 201206-36: logrotate: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	logrotate: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/25/2012
Bugs:	#356811, #372973
ID:	201206-36

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in logrotate, which could lead to arbitrary system command execution.

Background

logrotate rotates, compresses, and mails system logs.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/logrotate	< 3.8.0	>= 3.8.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in logrotate. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could use this flaw to truncate arbitrary system file, to change file owner or mode on arbitrary system files, to conduct symlink attacks and send arbitrary system files, to execute arbitrary system commands, to cause abort in subsequent logrotate runs, to disclose sensitive information, to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All logrotate users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/logrotate-3.8.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-36.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.