CVE-2015-8842

NameCVE-2015-8842
Descriptiontmpfiles.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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs825059

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
systemd (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)215-17+deb8u15fixed
stretch (security)232-25+deb9u14fixed
stretch (lts), stretch232-25+deb9u17fixed
buster, buster (lts)241-7~deb10u11fixed
buster (security)241-7~deb10u10fixed
bullseye247.3-7+deb11u5fixed
bullseye (security)247.3-7+deb11u6fixed
bookworm252.30-1~deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie256.7-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
systemdsourcewheezy(not affected)
systemdsource(unstable)215-1825059

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 current persistent journal): https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f (v229)
Starting with 215 Debian no longer ships tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf, so the fixup upstream added as
afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f for persistent journals is not needed for the packaged
version. Anyone using a custom config needs to ensure proper permissions.

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