UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45417

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45417

    Published: 20 Jan 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-45417

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45417, http://www.ipi.fi/pipermail/aide/2022-January/001714.html, http://www.ipi.fi/pipermail/aide/2022-January/001713.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5243-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5243-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45417

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: aide

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~a2.git20130520-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.16~a2.git20130520-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.15.1-8ubuntu2

    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