CVE-2011-1155

CVE-2011-1155 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in logrotate versions 3.7.9 and earlier, specifically within the writeState function, affecting products like Gentoo logrotate. Attackers could exploit this by injecting newline or backslash characters into log filenames, potentially disrupting log rotation processes. With a CVSS score of 1.9 (low severity), the attack requires local access and medium complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.