Alpine: multiple rsyslog packages: security update to 8.9.0-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401035

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- rsyslog uses weak permissions for generating log files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive
information by reading files in /var/log/cron. (CVE-2015-3243)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 401035

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3243

BID: 75298

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