PT-2023-23325 · Systemd+1 · Systemd+1

Published 2023-06-13 · Updated 2025-01-03 · CVE-2023-31437

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions systemd version 253

Description An issue was discovered where an attacker can modify a sealed log file, resulting in some views not displaying all existing and sealed log messages. The vendor has reportedly denied that this finding constitutes a security vulnerability.

Recommendations For systemd version 253, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-354

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-31437

ECHO-9A90-0CDD-D9C7

Affected Products

Debian

Systemd

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31437 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-31437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-31437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases · Note
• https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald · Note
• https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/52213 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/106248 · Telegram Post