CVE-2021-45417

Publication date 20 January 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
aide 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Fixed 0.17.3-4ubuntu0.1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 0.17.3-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.16.1-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.16-3ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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