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CVE-2022-1348

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.5 Published: 2022-05-25 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Fedoraproject FedoraLogrotate Project Logrotate

Weakness Type

CWE-732, CWE-732, CWE-732

References