CVE-2015-8842

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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