CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-31438
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-06-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-354
Description
An issue was discovered in systemd 253. An attacker can truncate a sealed log file and then resume log sealing such that checking the integrity shows no error, despite modifications. NOTE: the vendor reportedly sent "a reply denying that any of the finding was a security vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• systemd project systemd 253
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-354 Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value weakness
References
- https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf Technical Description
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/28886 github.com
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases Release Notes
- https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf Technical Description
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/28886 github.com
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases Release Notes