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FreeBSD: VID-309C35F4-7C9F-11EC-A739-206A8A720317 (CVE-2021-45417): aide -- heap-based buffer overflow

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FreeBSD: VID-309C35F4-7C9F-11EC-A739-206A8A720317 (CVE-2021-45417): aide -- heap-based buffer overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/15/2022
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-aide

References

  • CVE-2021-45417
  • USN-5243-1
  • USN-5243-2

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