TencentOS Server 3: aide (TSSA-2022:0009)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238601

Synopsis

The remote TencentOS Server 3 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2022:0009 advisory.

Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-45417:
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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20220009.xml

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45417

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238601

File Name: tencentos_TSSA_2022_0009.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2025

Updated: 6/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:3, p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:aide

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/etc/os-release, Host/TencentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2022