Synopsis: Important: logwatch security update
Issue date: 2011-03-07
CVE Names: CVE-2011-1018
A flaw was found in the way Logwatch processed log files. If an attacker
were able to create a log file with a malicious file name, it could
result in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the root user
when that log file is analyzed by Logwatch. (CVE-2011-1018)
SL 5.x
SRPMS:
logwatch-7.3-9.el5_6.src.rpm
i386:
logwatch-7.3-9.el5_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
logwatch-7.3-9.el5_6.noarch.rpm
SL 6.x
SRPMS:
logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6.src.rpm
i386:
logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6.noarch.rpm
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
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