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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-3243

medium Nessus Plugin ID 218911

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - 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)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-3243

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3243

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 218911

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_3243.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-libdbi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-libdbi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-kafka, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3243