Name | CVE-2015-3243 |
Description | rsyslog uses weak permissions for generating log files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in /var/log/cron. |
Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
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rsyslog (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 8.2102.0-2+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 8.2302.0-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 8.2410.0-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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rsyslog | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
The default for syslog is $FileCreateMode 0644 but the rsyslog.conf
provided by the Debian package sets $FileCreateMode 0640