Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Novell Opensuse

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU40338

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8842

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 13.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.