CVE-2021-45417

high

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.

References

Advisories
More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-01-20

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H