USN-5243-2

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    USN-5243-2

    Published: 20 Jan 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: aide vulnerability

    Details: USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5243-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45417

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: aide

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/aide?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    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