CVE-2015-8842
low
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 215-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 215-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 215-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 215-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 215-1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8842
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.