CVE-2015-8842 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3