CVE-2015-3243

Published: 25 July 2017

rsyslog uses weak permissions for generating log files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in /var/log/cron.

Notes

redhat was configured to create /var/log/cron mode 644
in ubuntu, cron goes to /var/log/syslog, which is 640 with
group access being granted to the 'adm' group.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 5.5

Status

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3243
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian