CVE-2022-1348

Published: May 25, 2022Updated: Jun 9, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD csafCWE-732

6.5MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

A vulnerability was found in logrotate in how the state file is created. The state file is used to prevent parallel executions of multiple instances of logrotate by acquiring and releasing a file lock. When the state file does not exist, it is created with world-readable permission, allowing an unprivileged user to lock the state file, stopping any rotation. This flaw affects logrotate versions before 3.20.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

logrotate project

oss-project

logrotateOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-1348

bugzilla.redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/25/3

openwall.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/25/4

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