| 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 |
|---|
| rsyslog (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 8.4.2-1+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 8.24.0-1+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 8.1901.0-1+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| 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 |
|---|
| 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