Name: CVE-2015-3243: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-3243, CWE-532, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00134

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade rsyslog	Aug 24, 2018	Jul 25, 2017
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	May 15, 2025
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Jun 18, 2015
Suse	—	Upgrade rsyslog-module-gcryptUpgrade rsyslog-docUpgrade rsyslog-module-omhttpfsUpgrade rsyslog-module-omamqp1Upgrade rsyslog-diag-toolsUpgrade rsyslog-module-pgsqlUpgrade rsyslog-module-gssapiUpgrade rsyslog-module-omtclUpgrade rsyslog-module-relpUpgrade rsyslog-module-dbiUpgrade rsyslog-module-mmnormalizeUpgrade rsyslog-module-elasticsearchUpgrade rsyslog-module-mysqlUpgrade rsyslog-module-gtlsUpgrade rsyslog-module-snmpUpgrade rsyslog-module-udpspoofUpgrade rsyslog	Jul 20, 2018	Jul 25, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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