CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-3243

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Jul 25, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rsyslog Rsyslog - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations

References