Out-of-bounds Write Affecting aide-debugsource package, versions <0:0.16-14.el8_5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-AIDEDEBUGSOURCE-3277785
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed20 Jan 2022

Introduced: 20 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-45417  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 aide-debugsource to version 0:0.16-14.el8_5.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:0441.

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 Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1