CVE-2015-8842 Information disclosure in n/a
Low 3.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-8842 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-8842 is a low-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 20 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8842/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8842/index.md)
Local users can read sensitive system journal logs due to weak file permissions in systemd.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8842?
CVE-2015-8842 is a low-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 20 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8842?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8842?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-8842 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8842, GHSA-x9v6-p82f-rw5v.