The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/Linux uses root...

Vulnerability Description

The default configuration of logrotate on Debian GNU/Linux uses root privileges to process files in directories that permit non-root write access, which allows local users to conduct symlink and hard link attacks by leveraging logrotate's lack of support for untrusted directories, as demonstrated by /var/log/postgresql/.

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/19
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/25
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/30
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/26
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/28
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/31
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/29
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/11
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47167
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/8
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/22
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/27
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/32
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/26
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/24
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/4
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606544
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/06/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/33