| Name | CVE-2014-9770 |
| Description | tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf in systemd before 214 uses weak permissions for journal files under (1) /run/log/journal/%m and (2) /var/log/journal/%m, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files. |
| 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 |
|---|
| systemd (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 215-17+deb8u15 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u14 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 232-25+deb9u17 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 241-7~deb10u11 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 241-7~deb10u10 | fixed |
| bullseye | 247.3-7+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 247.3-7+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 252.31-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 257~rc2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| systemd | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| systemd | source | (unstable) | 215-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - systemd <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612
Introduced by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/a606871da508995f5ede113a8fc6538afd98966c (v213)
Fixed by (for volatile journals): https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/176f2acf8dee45fee832fd2ab07243f63783a238 (v214)