First published: Mon Jan 17 2022(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
redhat/aide | <0:0.14-11.el6_10.1 | 0:0.14-11.el6_10.1 |
redhat/aide | <0:0.15.1-13.el7_9.1 | 0:0.15.1-13.el7_9.1 |
redhat/aide | <0:0.16-14.el8_5.1 | 0:0.16-14.el8_5.1 |
redhat/aide | <0:0.16-11.el8_1.1 | 0:0.16-11.el8_1.1 |
redhat/aide | <0:0.16-11.el8_2.1 | 0:0.16-11.el8_2.1 |
redhat/aide | <0:0.16-14.el8_4.1 | 0:0.16-14.el8_4.1 |
redhat/redhat-virtualization-host | <0:4.3.22-20220330.1.el7_9 | 0:4.3.22-20220330.1.el7_9 |
Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment Project Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment | >=0.13<=0.17.3 | |
Redhat Ovirt-node | =4.4.10 | |
Redhat Virtualization Host | =4.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =35 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =20.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =21.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =21.10 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =11.0 | |
debian/aide | 0.16.1-1+deb10u1 0.17.3-4+deb11u2 0.17.3-4+deb11u1 0.18.3-1+deb12u2 0.18.6-2 |
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The vulnerability ID of this AIDE vulnerability is CVE-2021-45417.
The severity of CVE-2021-45417 is high with a severity value of 7.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using crafted file metadata to cause a heap-based buffer overflow in the base64 functions of AIDE.
The potential impact of this vulnerability is that an attacker could crash the program and potentially execute arbitrary code.
To fix CVE-2021-45417, you should update AIDE to version 0.17.4 or apply the appropriate remedy provided by your software vendor.