| Name | CVE-2021-45417 | 
| Description | 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. | 
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) | 
| References | DLA-2894-1, DSA-5051-1 | 
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status | 
|---|
| aide (PTS) | bullseye | 0.17.3-4+deb11u2 | fixed | 
|  | bullseye (security) | 0.17.3-4+deb11u3 | fixed | 
|  | bookworm, bookworm (security) | 0.18.3-1+deb12u4 | fixed | 
|  | trixie (security), trixie | 0.19.1-2+deb13u1 | fixed | 
|  | forky, sid | 0.19.2-3 | fixed | 
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/aide/aide/commit/175d1f2626f4500b4fc5ecb7167bba9956b174bc (v0.17.4)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/20/3