USN-5243-2: AIDE vulnerability
20 January 2022
AIDE could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- aide - Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment - static binary
Details
USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A
local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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aide
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0.16~a2.git20130520-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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aide
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0.16~a2.git20130520-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5243-1: aide, aide-common, aide-xen, aide-dynamic