Bug 1212355 (CVE-2023-31439) - VUL-0: CVE-2023-31439: systemd-mini,systemd: An attacker can modify the contents of past events in a sealed log file and then adjust the file such that checking the integrity shows no error, despite m
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2023-31439: systemd-mini,systemd: An attacker can modify the conte...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2023-31439
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Minor
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Assignee: systemd maintainers
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/369321/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-31439:2.3:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-06-14 09:39 UTC by Cathy Hu
Modified: 2023-09-11 10:08 UTC (History)
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Found By: Security Response Team
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Description Cathy Hu 2023-06-14 09:39:09 UTC 
CVE-2023-31439

An issue was discovered in systemd 253. An attacker can modify the contents of
past events in a sealed log file and then adjust the file such that checking the
integrity shows no error, despite modifications.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-31439
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31439
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases
https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald
https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf
Comment 1 Cathy Hu 2023-06-14 09:39:38 UTC 
upstream does not think this is a security vulnerability, so no fix
Comment 2 Cathy Hu 2023-09-11 10:08:11 UTC 
i talked to the other people from the security team and i will close this as wontfix