CVE-2011-1154

Publication date

2011-03-30 22:00:00

Family

redhat

State

PUBLISHED

Description

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.