CVE-2023-31437 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in systemd 253. An attacker can modify a sealed log file such that, in some views, not all existing and sealed log messages are displayed. NOTE: the vendor reportedly sent "a reply denying that any of the finding was a security vulnerability."

Published: 2023-06-13

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:253:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0017.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald
https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases

History

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Systemd Project Systemd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-06-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-03T19:31:56.969Z

Reserved: 2023-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-31437

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:53:30.719Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-13T17:15:14.657

Modified: 2025-01-03T20:15:26.457

Link: CVE-2023-31437

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-354

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