CVE-2021-45417

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    CVE-2021-45417

    Published: 20 Jan 2022Last Modified: 20 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: AIDE before 0.17.4 allows local users to obtain root privileges via crafted file metadata (such as XFS extended attributes or tmpfs ACLs), because of a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00024.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-07, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5051, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/20/3, https://www.ipi.fi/pipermail/aide/2022-January/001713.html, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/20/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v0.17.3
    v0.17.2
    v0.17.1
    v0.17

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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