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CVE-2015-8842

tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf in systemd before 229 uses weak permissions for /var/log/journal/%m/system.journal, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

Published

2016-04-20T16:59:03.160

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612 ([email protected])
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)