| 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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.18.3-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.18.8-2 | 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