Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Novell Opensuse



| Updated: 2020-08-09
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2014-9770
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Opensuse
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU40339

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-2014-9770

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 214 uses weak permissions for journal files under (1) /run/log/journal/%m and (2) /var/log/journal/%m, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 13.2

CPE2.3 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


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.



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