Bug 680792 - logrotate: Incorrect flags used for truncating of original log file in copytruncate mode (arbitrary file system truncation via symlink / hardlink attacks)
Summary: logrotate: Incorrect flags used for truncating of original log file in copytr...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2011-02-27 19:31 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-03-11 06:31:30 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2011-02-27 19:31:37 UTC
It was found that logrotate utility used incorrect flags for truncation
of the original log file in place after creating a copy (copytruncate mode).
A local attacker could use this flaw to truncate arbitrary system file
(if the logrotate utility was run under privileged user account, root)
by performing symlink or hardlink attacks.


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