{"cve":"CVE-2011-1155","nvd":{"published":"2011-03-30T22:55:02.440","modified":"2026-06-16T23:28:50.060","status":"Modified","description":"The writeState function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (rotation outage) via a (1) \\n (newline) or (2) \\ (backslash) character in a log filename, as demonstrated by a filename that is automatically constructed on the basis of a hostname or virtual machine name.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057845.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056992.html","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/16","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/17","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/18"],"products":["gentoo:logrotate"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-1155","score":0.00387,"percentile":0.32755,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}