CVE-2015-3243

NameCVE-2015-3243
Descriptionrsyslog uses weak permissions for generating log files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in /var/log/cron.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rsyslog (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye8.2102.0-2+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm8.2302.0-1vulnerable
sid, trixie8.2410.0-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rsyslogsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

The default for syslog is $FileCreateMode 0644 but the rsyslog.conf
provided by the Debian package sets $FileCreateMode 0640

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