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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-45417: AIDE: Root Privilege Escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-45417: AIDE: Root Privilege Escalation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/20/2022
Created
11/28/2023
Added
11/27/2023
Modified
11/27/2023

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)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-forensics-aide

References

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