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CVE-2011-1098 Detail

Description

Race condition in the createOutputFile function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier allows local users to read log data by opening a file before the intended permissions are in place.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html Patch 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16 Patch 
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 Patch 
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://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 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0872
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0961
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680798 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1098
NVD Published Date:
03/30/2011
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.