diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
index dbfefb7597..388c4e70bb 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ $ModLoad imklog   # kernel logging (formerly provided by rklogd)
 
 #
 # Set the default permissions
+# Setting the $FileCreateMode not world readable fixes CVE-2015-3243
 #
 $FileOwner root
 $FileGroup adm
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2506.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2506.0.bb
index 4ba41678aa..bcac76a231 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2506.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2506.0.bb
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/tags"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 CVE_PRODUCT = "rsyslog:rsyslog"
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2015-3243] = "fix-file-included: The shipped default rsyslog.conf contains the fix"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig systemd update-rc.d ptest