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CVE-2015-8842

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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

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Related Resources (9)

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8842
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8842
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8842

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

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