CVE-2015-8842

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-04-20 16:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

References

openSUSE-SU-2016:1101

Vendor Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:1414

[oss-security] 20160408 CVE Request: systemd / journald created world readable journal files

[oss-security] 20160408 Re: CVE Request: systemd / journald created world readable journal files

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f

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