ALAS2022-2022-189

Related Vulnerabilities: 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. (CVE-2022-1348)

ALAS2022-2022-189


Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-189
Advisory Release Date: 2022-11-01 21:24 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-11-03 20:58 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2022-1348 

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2022-1348)


Affected Packages:

logrotate


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update logrotate --releasever=2022.0.20221102 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    logrotate-debugsource-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.aarch64
    logrotate-debuginfo-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.aarch64
    logrotate-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.aarch64

i686:
    logrotate-debugsource-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.i686
    logrotate-debuginfo-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.i686
    logrotate-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.i686

src:
    logrotate-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.src

x86_64:
    logrotate-debugsource-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.x86_64
    logrotate-debuginfo-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.x86_64
    logrotate-3.20.1-2.amzn2022.0.2.x86_64