CVE-2022-1348

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2022-05-25

Last modified

2025-06-09

Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Logrotate (Logrotate Project)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/25/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/25/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/25/5
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-1348
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y7EHGYRE6DSFSBXQIWYDGT…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZYEB4F37BY6GLEJKP2EPVA…