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CVE-2021-45417

Date: January 19, 2022

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.

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45417

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45417

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00024.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45417

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/20/3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/20/3

Url: https://www.ipi.fi/pipermail/aide/2022-January/001713.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-07

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5051

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-45417

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-45417

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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