CVE-2023-31438

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases
• https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf
• https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/28886

References

• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases
• https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf
• https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/28886

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