CVE-2011-1098: Gentoo Logrotate

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in the createOutputFile function in logrotate.c in logrotate 3.7.9 and earlier allows local users to read log data by opening a file before the intended permissions are in place.

Affected products

• Gentoo Logrotate: up to and including 3.7.9; version 3.3 only; version 3.5.9 only; version 3.6.5 only; version 3.7 only; version 3.7.1 only; …

Published 2011-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.