Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in logrotate

CVE-2011-1154 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The shred_file function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.

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