Access Restriction Bypass Affecting systemd package, versions <215-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-SYSTEMD-305172
- published 20 Apr 2016
- disclosed 20 Apr 2016
Introduced: 20 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-8842 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 systemd to version 215-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8842
- 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
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