Scientific Linux SL6.x: CVE-2011-1098 Moderate Logrotate Security Issue

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:22:47 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: logrotate on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: logrotate security update
Issue date:	2011-03-31
CVE Names:	CVE-2011-1098 CVE-2011-1154 CVE-2011-1155

A shell command injection flaw was found in the way logrotate handled
the shred directive. A specially-crafted log file could cause logrotate
to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running
logrotate (root, by default). Note: The shred directive is not enabled
by default. (CVE-2011-1154)

A race condition flaw was found in the way logrotate applied permissions
when creating new log files. In some specific configurations, a local
attacker could use this flaw to open new log files before logrotate
applies the final permissions, possibly leading to the disclosure of
sensitive information. (CVE-2011-1098)

An input sanitization flaw was found in logrotate. A log file with a
specially-crafted file name could cause logrotate to abort when
attempting to process that file a subsequent time. (CVE-2011-1155)

SL 6.x

 SRPMS:
logrotate-3.7.8-12.el6_0.1.src.rpm
 i386:
logrotate-3.7.8-12.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
logrotate-3.7.8-12.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson