CVE-2011-1154

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.

Date published : 2011-03-30

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680796

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html