NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting aide-debugsource package, versions <0:0.18.6-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-AIDEDEBUGSOURCE-15436866
  • published6 Mar 2026
  • disclosed14 Aug 2025

Introduced: 14 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-54409  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 aide-debugsource to version 0:0.18.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1462.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream aide-debugsource package and not the aide-debugsource package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma. A local user might exploit this to cause a local denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1