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CVE-2015-8842

Date: April 20, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.3

Related Resources (9)

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8842

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8842

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15

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

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8842

Severity Score

3.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.3
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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