| Name | CVE-2023-31438 |
| Description | 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| systemd (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 215-17+deb8u15 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u14 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 232-25+deb9u17 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (lts) | 241-7~deb10u11 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 241-7~deb10u10 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 247.3-7+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 247.3-7+deb11u6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 252.31-1~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 257-2 | vulnerable |
| sid | 257.1-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| systemd | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
Disputed by upstream
https://github.com/kastel-security/Journald/blob/main/journald-publication.pdf