UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8842

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8842
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8842.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8842
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:19Z
Published
2016-04-20T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:39.745149Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / systemd

Package

Name
systemd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/systemd@229-4ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
229-4ubuntu1

Affected versions

Other

225-1ubuntu9
227-2ubuntu1
227-2ubuntu2
228-1ubuntu2
228-2ubuntu1
228-2ubuntu2
228-3ubuntu1
228-4ubuntu1
228-4ubuntu2
228-5ubuntu1
228-5ubuntu2
228-5ubuntu3
228-6ubuntu1
229-1ubuntu2
229-1ubuntu4
229-2ubuntu1
229-3ubuntu1
229-3ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

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