AIDE buffer overflow | CVE-2021-45417
NAME
AIDE buffer overflow
- Platforms Affected:
AIDE AIDE 0.17.3
AIDE AIDE 0.17.2 - Risk Level:
8.4 - Exploitability:
Proof of Concept - Consequences:
Gain Access
DESCRIPTION
AIDE is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by src/base64.h. By using specially-crafted file metadata, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Local
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Upgrade to the latest version of AIDE (0.17.4 or later), available from the AIDE GIT Repository. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/59 - Reference Link:
https://github.com/aide/aide/
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