Bug 1212353 (CVE-2023-31437)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-31437: systemd,systemd-mini: An attacker can modify a sealed log file such that, in some views, not all existing and sealed log messages are displayed.
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	Cathy Hu <cathy.hu>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	systemd maintainers <systemd-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	cathy.hu, fbui, meissner, security-team
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/369319/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-31437:2.3:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Cathy Hu 2023-06-14 09:30:48 UTC

CVE-2023-31437

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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-31437
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31437
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases
https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald
https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf

Comment 6 Cathy Hu 2023-09-11 10:06:01 UTC

i talked to the other people from the security team and i am closing this as wontfix