NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting aide/aide package, versions [,0.19.2)
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- published18 Aug 2025
- disclosed14 Aug 2025
- creditRajesh Pangare
Introduced: 14 Aug 2025
NewCVE-2025-54409 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade aide/aide to version 0.19.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to handling incorrectly encoded extended file attributes from the database. An attacker can cause the application to crash by setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by removing the xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.