CVE-2015-8842 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

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.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Opensuse	Opensuse	13.2 (including)	13.2 (including)
Systemd	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Systemd	Ubuntu	vivid/stable-phone-overlay	*
Systemd	Ubuntu	vivid/ubuntu-core	*
Systemd	Ubuntu	wily	*

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
http://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
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
http://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

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8842
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html